Wetlands, Ponds, and Reservoirs

Farm Bill Conservation Programs

According to the NRCS, “The 2014 Farm Bill consolidated Wetland Reserve Program into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program’s Wetland Reserve Easement component to streamline program administration and make it easier for landowners to participate in the program.

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Conservation Reserve Program

Website: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/conservation-reserve-program/

• Wetlands Reserve Program
• Upland Bird Habitat Buffer Initiative
• Farmable Wetlands Program
• Floodplain Wetland Initiative
• Non-Floodplain and Playa Lakes Wetland Initiative
• Duck Habitat Initiative

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Environmental Quality Incentives Program

Website: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ms/programs/financial/eqip/?cid=nrcs142p2_017159
Overview: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ms/programs/?cid=nrcs142p2_017154

• EQIP 2017 Water Quality and Quantity Practices
  
  • Water Quantity Practice List
  • Water Quality Practice List
• Pertinent Declining Wildlife Habitat Practices
  
  • Practice List
• Natural Resource Enterprises
  
  • Wetlands
  • Ponds

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Best Management Practices

Water Quality:


Water Quantity:

• Aquaculture Ponds (397)
• Irrigation Storage Reservoir (436)
• Irrigation System, Microirrigation (441)
• Irrigation System, Sprinkler (442)
• Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface (443)
• Irrigation Water Management (449)
• Precision Land Forming (Land Leveling) (462)
• Access Road (560)
• Water Well (642)

Declining Wildlife Water Habitat:

• Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644)

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