Program requirements.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (b) (1) Be the landowner of eligible land for which enrollment is sought; or (2) Have possession of the land by written lease over all designated acreage in the agreement for at least two years preceding the date of the agreement and will have possession over the all designated acreage for the agreement period. (c) (2) The following land is eligible for enrollment in the WBP: (i) Privately owned inland fresh wetland areas of types 1 through 7. (ii) Privately owned inland fresh wetland areas of types 1 through 7 which are under a drainage easement with the U.S. Department of the Interior or with a State government which permits agricultural use; or (iii) Other privately owned land which is adjacent to or within one quarter mile of designated types 1 through 7 wetlands and which is determined by the State Conservationist to be essential for the nesting, breeding, or feeding of migratory waterfowl, or for the protection of wetland. (d) (1) Converted wetlands if the conversion was in violation of 16 U.S.C. 3821 (2) Lands owned by an agency of the United States other than land held in trust for Indian Tribes; (3) Land which is set aside or diverted under any other program administered by the Department of Agriculture; (4) Land which is harvested in the first year of the agreement period prior to being designated, except for land on which timber is harvested in accordance with a Forest Management Plan which is included in the conservation plan and is approved by the State fores

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 633.4