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Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

News Release: Updates to Conservation Easements Strengthen Protection for Farmlands, Grasslands and Wetlands

The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) helps landowners, land trusts, and other entities protect, restore, and enhance wetlands, grasslands, and working farms and ranches trough conservation easements. Under the Agricultural Land Easements (ALE) component, NRCS helps American Indian tribes, state and local governments and non-governmental organizations protect working agricultural lands and limit non-agricultural uses of the land. Under the Wetlands Reserve Easements (WRE) component, NRCS helps to restore, protect and enhance enrolled wetlands. The Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership is an enrollment option under ACEP-WRE. Read the following for information specific to each component:

  • Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE)
  • Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE)

How to Apply

Landowners and entities interested in using conservation easements to address natural resource concerns can submit applications at any time. Though signup is continuous, funding selections are made at specific times during the fiscal year. The cut-off date for the current ranking period may have passed; please contact your local Service Center.

If you are interested in an Agricultural Land Easement contact one of the entities eligible to hold ALE easements in Montana. Eligible entities may submit proposals to the NRCS state office to acquire conservation easements on eligible land.

If you are interested in a Wetland Reserve Easement contact your local Service Center.

Prior-Year Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Montana Archives

  • 2020 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) information Archival Purposes Only
  • 2019 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) information Archival Purposes Only
  • 2018 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Information Archival Purposes Only

More Information

For more information and updates about ACEP, please refer to the national NRCS ACEP Web site. Further information on ACEP in Montana is also available from your local Service Center or one of the following NRCS employees: 


Contacts

Allen Persinger, Program Manager for Easements
Phone: 406-587-6873
Email: Allen Persinger

Jeff Combs, Program Specialist (ACEP-ALE, FRPP, GRP)
Phone: 406-587-6747
Email: Jeffrey.Combs

Maureen Meagher, Program Specialist (ACEP-WRE, WRP)
Phone: 406-587-6748
Email: Maureen.Meagher

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