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Easements

NRCS offers easement programs to landowners who want to maintain or enhance their land in a way beneficial to agriculture and/or the environment. All NRCS easement programs are voluntary. We provide technical help and financial assistance, but local landowners and organizations are needed to make NRCS easement programs successful.

  • Are Wetland Easements Right for You?

Our easement programs include the following:

  • Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) - provides financial and technical assistance to help conserve agricultural lands and wetlands and their related benefits.
  • Emergency Watershed Protection Program - Floodplain Easements

Iowa Easement Owner Newsletter

  • April 2020 (PDF)
  • June 2019 (PDF)
  • November 2018 (PDF)
  • May 2018 (PDF)
  • January 2018 (PDF)
  • May 2017 (PDF)
  • October 2016 (PDF)

Easement Web Resources

  • Iowa NRCS Area Easement Specialists Map (JPG)
  • Interactive NRCS National Easement Map
  • Geospatial Data Gateway - Environmental and Natural Resources Data, including Easements

Easement Success Stories

  • Craig and Meghan Black - Clinton County EWRP (PDF)
  • Mike and Linda Gabor - Kossuth County ACEP-WRE (PDF)
  • Jewell Family - Winneshiek County ACEP-ALE (PDF)
  • Stuart and Marian Maas - Fremont County WRP & EWRP (PDF)
  • Jack and Diane Munch - Kossuth County WRP (PDF)
  • Charles Poeltler - Muscatine County WRP (PDF)
  • Craig and Jackie Wallace - Sac County WRP (PDF)
  • Northern Iowa Wetland Complex - October 2015 (PDF)

Video - Big Wall Lake Wetland Complex (Wright County)

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