Wetland Reserve Program

The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides technical and financial support to help landowners with their wetland restoration efforts. The NRCS goal is to achieve the greatest wetland functions and values, along with optimum wildlife habitat, on every acre enrolled in the program. This program offers landowners an opportunity to establish long-term conservation and wildlife practices and protection.

More than 11,000 of America’s private landowners have voluntarily enrolled over 2.3 million acres into the Wetlands Reserve Program. The cumulative benefits of these wetlands reach well beyond their boundaries to improve watershed health, the vitality of agricultural lands, and the aesthetics and economies of local communities.

Program Information

These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• Restoring America’s Wetlands: A Private Lands Conservation Success Story - a commemorative publication (PDF, 2.2 MB) and
  attached references. (PDF, 24 KB)
• 2010 Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program (WREP) Request for Proposals (PDF, 66KB)
• Farm Bill 2008 At a Glance: Wetlands Reserve Program (PDF, 53KB)
• 2008 Farm Bill WRP Interim Final Rule, unamended (PDF, 136KB)
• 2008 Farm Bill WRP Interim Final Rule, amended (PDF, 64KB)

The following forms are available on the USDA Service Center e-Forms web site:

• Form AD-1153, Application for Long-Term Contracted Assistance
• Form AD-1159, Notice of Intent to Continue
• Form AD-1161, Application for Payment

For other easement forms, please contact your local USDA Service Center.

WRP Contract and Funding Information

• FY 2010 Contracts and Funding Data
• FY 2009 Number of Contracts and Acres
• FY 2008 Cumulative Contract Information
• FY 2007 Allocations by Program
• FY 2007 Contract Information
• FY 2007 Cumulative Contract Information
• FY-2006 Contract Information
• Cumulative Contract Information
• FY-2005 Allocations by Program
• FY-2005 Contract Information
• FY-2005 Unfunded Application Information
• FY-2004 Allocation Information
• FY-2004 Contract Information
• FY-2004 Unfunded Application Information

Additional Information

• WRP Photo Gallery
• Association of State Wetland Managers

Contact

Joyce Purcell
Assistant State Conservationist - Programs
Phone: (860) 871-4028

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Last Modified: 11/16/2011