Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary conservation program that offers landowners the means to restore, enhance, and protect wetlands on their property through permanent easements, 30 year easements, or Land Treatment Contracts.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is looking for sites on agricultural land where former wetlands have been drained, altered, or manipulated by man. The landowner must be interested in restoring the wetland and then protecting the site.

Once under an easement or a contract, the land can no longer be cropped. Haying and grazing may be used as a tool through a wetland management plan as determined by NRCS to maintain or improve wildlife habitat.

Fiscal Year 2013 WRP

Montana NRCS is currently accepting applications for WRP. Please contact your local field office to apply or contact Lisa McCauley at lisa.mccauley@mt.usda.gov or 406-587-6970.

Prior-Year WRP (Archives)

• 2012 Wetlands Reserve Program Information Archival Purposes Only
• 2011 Wetlands Reserve Program Information Archival Purposes Only
• 2010 Wetlands Reserve Program Information Archival Purposes Only
• 2009 Wetlands Reserve Program Information Archival Purposes Only
• 2008 Wetlands Reserve Program Information Archival Purposes Only
• 2007 Summary of WRP in Montana
• 2006 Summary of WRP in Montana
• 2005 Summary of WRP in Montana
• 2004 Summary of WRP in Montana

For More Information

• Wetlands Reserve Program National NRCS Web site

For more information and updates about the WRP, please also refer to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Web site or contact one of the Montana NRCS personnel listed below.

Contacts

Lisa McCauley, Program Specialist
Phone: 406-587-6970
Email: Lisa.McCauley

Tim Ouellette, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs
Phone: 406-587-6794
Email: Tim.Ouellette

Last Modified: 05/07/2013