Farmable Wetlands Program
Introduction 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.
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  of farmable wetlands smaller than  in six Upper Midwest states (with no more than  in a single state) into the Conservation Reserve Program. The 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 2101) made this a  national program (with an enrollment limit of  per state), and made changes in eligibility requirements, such as increasing the maximum size of eligible wetlands from  to .
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