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.
