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EQIP
provides
technical
and
financial
help
to
landowners
for
conservation
practices
that
protect
soil
and
water
quality.
Grassed waterways, stream
fencing, critical area
planting, terraces, manure
management systems including
storage structures and
barnyard runoff protection,
and many other conservation
practices are eligible for
EQIP.
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.
The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is a voluntary program to restore and
protect wetlands on private property. It is an opportunity for landowners to
receive financial incentives to enhance wetlands in exchange for restoring
wetlands that have been drained for agriculture. Landowners who
choose to participate in WRP may sell a conservation easement or enter into a
cost-share restoration agreement with USDA to restore and protect wetlands.
Wetlands provide open water, grassy wetlands and uplands and provide habitat for
waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans), wading birds (herons, egrets) and shorebirds
such as yellowlegs. Read about Duffy's Marsh - Real Life Wetlands Reserve
Program Project.
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