2002 Kansas Report

Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP)

WRP provides an opportunity for landowners to receive financial incentives to enhance wetlands in exchange for retiring marginal land from agriculture.

Kansas obligated all of the available WRP funds for projects. Allocations were as follows:$956,000 for eight permanent easements and $96,000 for one 30-year easement. The contracts approved retired approximately 830 acres of cropland. Most of the WRP easements in the state are permanent easements with about a fourth 30-year easements. The current backlog of unfunded offers is $2 million for approximately 2,000 acres. 

County data

Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP)

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