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Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)
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This program, administered through the Natural Resource Conservation Service, seeks to secure conservation easements and provide cost-share assistance to restore, protect and enhance wetlands and eligible buffers.Support Type:
BothAvailable Funding:
Permanent easement payment of lesser than value of land, established cap or landowner offer and 100% of the restoration costs; Thirty year easement payment is 75% of that for permanent easement and 75% of the restoration costs; ten-year cost share offers 75% of restoration costs.Funding Range:
For restoration cost-share agreements, annual payments may not exceed $50,000 per year.Restoration Activity:
Restore, protect, and enhance wetlands in exchange for retiring eligible land from agriculture.Eligibility:
Landowner must have owned the land for at least one year; landowner retains private ownership. A conservation easement is a transfer of rights in which the landowner voluntarily limits future use of the land, yet retains private ownership. To enter into such an agreement, the landowner must have owned the land for the preceding seven years.<< Back to WRA Directory
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Leone Yisrael is a cephalopod-loving scuba diver, cook, and loves to try new activities. She conducts genetic analysis and fieldwork at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center through the Coastal Disease Ecology Lab.
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Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
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