Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
Pays farm owners the lowest of the fair market value of the land or an offer made by the farm owner. Alternatively, farm owners can apply for “long-term” wetland easements, which typically run for 30 years.
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Conservation Stewardship Program
Pays farmers to improve, maintain, or adopt conservation practices on their farms.
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Provides financial assistance to farmers who adopt or install conservation practices on land in agricultural production.
Conservation Resource Program
Pays farmers to take environmentally sensitive land out of agricultural production for 10-15 years.
Report, An Introduction to Conservation Easements in the United States: A Simple Concept and Complicated Mosaic of Law
Surveys the complex body of state and federal law that shapes the creation, funding, tax treatment, enforcement, modification, and termination of conservation easements.
National Conservation Easement Database
The NCED contains records for more than 130,000 conservation easements encumbering more than 24 million acres of land.
Report, Conservation Easements and Climate Change
Argues that current laws will need to be revised and expanded to better recognize the climate change benefits that could be achieved from placing land under conservation easements.
EQIP Improvement Act
Would prioritize EQIP funding at the state and county level for the most effective conservation practices, while also reducing the maximum cost-sharing from 75 to 40% for less beneficial practices.
USDA Conservation Programs Background
The USDA Economic Research Service provides a primer on existing USDA conservation programs, including the CRP, ACEP, EQIP, CSP, and more.
Good Farming Practice Determination Standards Handbook
For the first time in 2016, opened the door the farmers using a variety of climate-friendly NRCS practices without voiding their eligibility for federal crop insurance.