1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Conservation Reserve Program Improvement and Rural Water Systems Access Act of 2018 . 2. Improvements to Conservation Reserve Program (a) Extension Section 1231(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831(a) ) is amended by striking 2018 and inserting 2023 . (b) Species of economic significance Section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3831 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (f)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting and economic after Conservation ; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; (C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following: (1) Definition of species of economic significance In this subsection, the term species of economic significance means a wildlife species— (A) the conservation reserve program is critical to maintain the habitat of which, as determined by the Secretary; and (B) that the Governor of a State verifies to the Secretary as providing more than $150,000,000 for each year to the economy of the State from hunting the wildlife species and other related activities (such as hunting supplies, lodging, and food sales), as determined by the Secretary. ; (D) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by striking designate areas and inserting the following: “designate— (A) areas of special economic sensitivity as economic priority areas; and (B) areas ; (E) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through subsection and inserting the following: (3) Eligible areas Areas eligible for designation under— (A) paragraph (2)(A) shall include areas with actual and significant declining habitat for species of economic significance; and (B) paragraph (2)(B) ; (F) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking contains actual and inserting the following: “contains, as applicable— (A) actual and significant declining habitat for species of economic significance; or (B) actual