Farmable Wetlands Program

The Farmable Wetlands Program is a wetlands conservation program in the United States. The Farm Service Agency runs the program through the Conservation Reserve Program, with the goal of rehabilitation previously farmed wetlands.

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Legislation

It was first authorized as a pilot program in Title XI of the FY2001 agriculture appropriations legislation to enroll up to of farmable wetlands smaller than in six Upper Midwest states into the Conservation Reserve Program. The 2002 farm bill made this a national program, and made changes in eligibility requirements, such as increasing the maximum size of eligible wetlands from to.