Farmable Wetlands Program

The Farmable Wetlands Program is a

wetlands conservation program in the United States. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) runs the program through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), with the goal of rehabilitation previously farmed wetlands.^[1]

Legislation

It was first authorized as a pilot program in Title XI of the FY2001 agriculture appropriations legislation (P.L. 106-387) to enroll up to 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) of farmable

2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 2101) made this a 2-million-acre (8,100 km²) national program (with an enrollment limit of 100,000 acres (400 km²) per state), and made changes in eligibility requirements, such as increasing the maximum size of eligible wetlands from 5 acres (20,000 m²) to 10 acres (40,000 m²).^[2]

References

^ "Farmable Wetlands Program". fsa.usda.gov. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
^ This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.

[1] "Farmable Wetlands Program". fsa.usda.gov. Retrieved 28 November 2020.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.

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