Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

Designed with long-term benefits in mind, the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) represents a bold strategy in the conservation of both America’s working farms and our nation’s wetlands. Separated into Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) and Wetland Reserve Easements (WRE).

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For sportsmen and women, the wetland restoration and management advanced through WRE (formerly known as the Wetland Reserve Program) represent some of the most important contributions to waterfowl habitat across the nation. By partnering with private landowners on a voluntary basis, WREs have restored many of the most vulnerable and commonly converted systems in our country, reviving the critical habitat and ecosystems services that wetlands provide.