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Wetlands Reserve Program
Last Modified:
05/13/2008
The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary program to restore and
protect wetlands on private property. It is an opportunity for landowners to
receive financial incentives to enhance wetlands in exchange for retiring
marginal agricultural land.
Key Provisions
- Allows landowners to choose permanent conservation easements, 30-year
easements, or restoration cost-share agreements, for their eligible land.
- Ranks applications using a numerical points system designed to identify
and select proposals that offer the greatest environmental benefits per
program dollar.
- Provides landowners with 100% cost-sharing for permanent easements, 75%
for 30-year easements, and 75% for restoration cost-share agreements.
- The landowner continues to control access to enrolled land and may
utilize the land for certain compatible uses such as hunting and fishing,
timber harvest, haying to mowing and wildlife food plots.
2006 Program Information
The following documents require Adobe
Acrobat or
Microsoft Excel.
WRP
Application (XLS; 275 KB)
WRP
Process Flowchart (PDF; 34 KB)
WRP News Release
National WRP program
information
WRP
Program Manual
Contact
Mark Rose
Phone: 443.482.2910
Email: mark.rose@md.usda.gov
or your
local service center
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