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Information For Communities
We assist land-users,
communities, units of state
and local government, and
other Federal agencies in
planning and implementing
conservation systems. These
conservation
systems are to reduce
erosion, improve soil and
water quality, improve and
conserve wetlands, enhance
fish and wildlife habitat,
improve air quality, improve
pasture and range condition,
reduce upstream flooding,
and improve woodlands.
The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program keeps productive farmland in privately
owned agricultural use by assisting States, Tribes, and local government or non-profit entities in the purchase of conservation easements or development rights on prime,
unique, or other productive farmland, or on farms containing significant
historical or archaeological resources.
The RC&D mission
is to provide
leadership to improve
Wisconsin’s economy while
conserving the resources.
RC&D works like a spark plug - a
catalyst - to stir up new
opportunities, link people
together, and help promote
economic develop while
protecting the natural resources
our livelihoods depend on.
Wisconsin has six RC&D areas,
covering all but 14 counties.
The Emergency Watershed
Protection (EWP) Program is
intended to take emergency
measures to safeguard lives and
property after a natural
occurrence has caused a sudden
impairment of the watershed.
The Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Programs assist
governments and participants to
protect and restore watershed
from damage caused by erosion,
floodwater, and sediment, to
conserve and develop water and
land resources, and solve
natural resource and related
economic problems on a watershed
basis.
As part of Watershed
Rehabilitation, many Wisconsin
dams that protect agricultural
lands and communities need
repairs. The program helps
communities and participants
repair and rehabilitate these
dams.
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