Landowners are also required to manage their property according to the terms of the easement they have voluntarily sold. This program provides the foundation upon which the other landowner assistance programs and other State agency assistance programs are built. Once of the outcomes of the RNGR program is an adequate supply of high quality, genetically diverse, and reasonably priced plant material for Federal and State conservation planting programs. Administered by the FSA, this program provides incentives to landowners to convert highly erodible or other environmentally sensitive acreage to vegetative cover, such as tam or native grasses, wildlife plantings, trees, filterstrips, or riparian buffers. Landowners receive an annual rental payment for the term of the multi-year contract.
Cost sharing is provided to establish the vegetative cover practices.
Payments can be made to implement practices including pest management, tree planting, and forest land management. This program is administered by the NRCS and offers financial support to landowners' wetlands restoration and protection projects. The Federal Government obtains voluntary conservation easements from landowners and provides cost-share payments for wetlands rehabilitation practices. Among other practices, WRP allows and encourages tree plantings focused upon wetland rehabilitation. This program is administered by the NRCS to provide cost-share assistance to private landowners to help them enhance wildlife habitat areas on their lands.