Farmable Wetlands Program
{{Short description|United States wetlands conservation program}}
The Farmable Wetlands Program is a wetlands conservation program in the United States. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) runs the program through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), with the goal of rehabilitation previously farmed wetlands.{{cite web |title=Farmable Wetlands Program |url=https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/farmable-wetlands/index |website=fsa.usda.gov |access-date=28 November 2020 |language=en}}
Legislation
It was first authorized as a pilot program in Title XI of the FY2001 agriculture appropriations legislation (P.L. 106-387) to enroll up to {{convert|500000|acre|km2}} of farmable wetlands smaller than {{convert|5|acre|m2}} in six Upper Midwest states (with no more than {{convert|150000|acre|km2}} in a single state) into the Conservation Reserve Program. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 2101) made this a {{convert|2|e6acre|km2|adj=on}} national program (with an enrollment limit of {{convert|100000|acre|km2}} per state), and made changes in eligibility requirements, such as increasing the maximum size of eligible wetlands from {{convert|5|acre|m2}} to {{convert|10|acre|m2}}.{{CRS|article = Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition|url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810044532/http://ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/05jun/97-905.pdf|author= Jasper Womach}}