Is WRE or CRP a conservation easement?
Federal farm programs sometimes offer opportunities to restrict use on your land in return for a payment. This website explains permanent, voluntary agreements that landowners make with conservation nonprofits or local agencies. In contrast, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is generally a 10-15-year agreement, not permanent. Federal Wetland Reserve Easement program (WRE) easements have some similarity, as they all permanently restrict cropping and development, but they are not tailored to the land and landowner as these conservation easements are.
