Nationwide 

CLEAR30 Pilot

The Clean Lakes, Estuaries, And Rivers 

initiative offers 30-year contracts through 

its CLEAR30 pilot. FSA introduced this 

pilot in 2020, originally focused on 12 

states in the Great Lakes and Chesapeake 

Bay watershed. CLEAR30 is now available 

nationwide.

CRP provides farmers and landowners 

with different signup types, practices and 

initiatives like this to achieve many farming 

and conservation goals.

The CLEAR30 Pilot is available in all 

States and territories. This provides the 

opportunity to enroll in a 30-year CRP 

contract.

Practices Offered in 

CLEAR30 Pilot

Certain water quality practices currently 

enrolled under continuous CRP or CREP 

contracts that are expiring on September 

30, 2023 may be offered into CLEAR30. If 

re-enrolled these practices, will continue to 

reduce sediment loadings, nutrient loadings, 

and harmful algal blooms. The Conservation 

Reserve Program (CRP) provides farmers 

and landowners with different signup types, 

practices and initiatives like this to achieve 

many farming and conservation goals.

Producers may reenroll these expiring CRP 

Practices in CLEAR30:

 CP-8A – Grass Waterways

 CP-15A – Contour Grass Strips

 CP-15B – Contour Grass Strips on 

Terraces

 CP-21 – Filter Strips

 CP21B – Denitrifying Bioreactor on 

Filter Strip

 CP21S – Saturated Filter Strips

 CP22 – Riparian Buffer

 CP22B – Denitrifying Bioreactor on 

Riparian Buffers

 CP22S – Saturated Riparian Buffer

 CP23 – Wetland Restoration

 CP23A – Wetland Restoration, Non 

flood plain

 CP29 – Marginal Pastureland Wildlife 

Habitat Buffer

 CP30 – Marginal Pastureland 

Wetland Buffer

 CP31 – Bottomland Timber 

Establishment on Wetlands

 CP37 – Duck Nesting Habitat

CLEAR Continued 

Impacts

 Decreased Erosion

 Improved Water Quality

 Increase Wildlife Habitat

 Longer Term Conservation

More 

Information 

For more information 

about FSA and its 

programs, visit fsa.usda.

gov or your local FSA 

office. To find your local 

FSA office, visit farmers.

gov/servicelocator.

CLEAR30 is an option 

available through CRP, 

which is one of the largest 

voluntary private- lands 

conservation programs 

in the United States. CRP 

was originally intended 

to primarily control soil 

erosion and stabilize 

commodity prices by 

taking environmentally 

sensitive lands out 

of production. The 

program has evolved 

over the years, providing 

numerous conservation 

and economic benefits. 

In addition to CLEAR30, 

signups are also open 

for Continuous CRP and 

Grassland CRP.

MARCH 2023
NATIONWIDE CLEAR30 PILOT 2

Financial Benefits

 30 years of annual rental 

payments.

 27.5% Rental rate enhancement 

 20% Water Quality Incentive

 Practice Specific Climate-Smart 

Incentive

 Onsite monitoring and technical 

assistance throughout the 

contract term.

 Maintenance payments for all 

practices.

Eligible Land 

Cropland and certain marginal 

pastureland that is currently enrolled 

in a Continuous CRP or CREP contract, 

dedicated to an eligible water quality 

practice, and expiring on September 

30, 2023. 

Practice Maintenance 

Land enrolled in CLEAR30 will have 

periodic, onsite monitoring performed 

by USDA. Recommendations for 

maintenance activities will be 

incorporated into the Conservation 

Plan throughout the 30-year contract 

term. Participants will receive 75% 

maintenance incentive payments for 

performing required maintenance 

activities.

Compatible Uses 

Land enrolled in CLEAR30 may be 

used for the following activities 

provided the activity is consistent with 

the Conservation Plan and does not 

degrade water quality or conflict with 

other purposes of the practice: 

 Hunting/Fishing

 Managed timber harvest

 Periodic haying and grazing.

Sign up Period 

Producers may apply for CLEAR30 

from April 1, 2023, to July 31, 2023. 

CLEAR30 contracts will be effective 

October 1, 2023.

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