BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//lickingswcd.com//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:aa23fbac-1a08-45f2-9b10-3148d1af6b2a X-WR-CALDESC:Assistance Now Available to Restore and Protect Ohio's Private ly-Owned Land for Wetland Habitat\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Na tural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages people and groups w anting to restore and protect critical wetlands to consider enrolling thei r property into conservation easements.\n\nThis year\, NRCS will invest in technical and financial assistance to help private landowners\, tribes an d other groups protect these valuable lands. Efforts will be focused on r estoring previously drained agricultural lands and protecting the restored wetlands with easements. Landowners are financially compensated for enrol ling their land in easements.\n\n“Protecting these lands preserves Ohio’s heritage\, natural resources and open space\,” said Barbara Baker\, NRCS A ssistant State Conservationist in Ohio. “Easements are an important tool for people who are trying to preserve the land for future generations.”\n \nThe Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) utilizes the Wetla nd Reserve Easement (WRE) component of the program. Applications for ACEP -WRE are accepted on a continuous basis. Applications signed and submitted to NRCS by the ranking and funding deadline will be evaluated for fiscal year 2020 funding. The application deadline for this year is March 27\, 20 20.\n\nThrough ACEP wetland reserve easements\, NRCS helps landowners rest ore and protect wetland ecosystems. Wetlands are one of nature’s most prod uctive ecosystems providing many ecological\, societal and economic benefi ts.\n\nIn the 1700s\, wetlands covered 5 million acres of Ohio\, primarily in the northwestern part of the State\, referred to as the “Great Black S wamp.” Competing land uses resulted in a 90 percent loss of wetlands by t he late 1900s. Since 2005\, NRCS has assisted landowners in restoring mor e than 25\,000 acres of Ohio’s wetlands.\n\n“Wetlands provide many benefit s\, including critical habitat for a wide array of wildlife species. They also store floodwaters\, clean and recharge groundwater\, sequester carbon \, trap sediment\, and filter pollutants for clean water\,” said Baker. \n\n“Seventy-five percent of the nation's wetlands are situated on private and tribal lands\,” Baker added. Last year\, Ohio landowners restored 60 0 acres of wetlands through ACEP. Landowners can choose either a permanen t or 30-year wetland conservation easement.\n\nEligible lands include farm ed or converted wetlands that can successfully be restored\, croplands or grasslands subject to flooding\, previously restored wetlands\, and ripari an areas that link protected wetland areas. As part of the easement\, NRCS and the landowner work together to develop a plan for the restoration and maintenance of the wetland.\n\nOhio landowners interested in wetland rese rve easements and partners interested in agricultural easements should con tact their local USDA Service Center.\n\nTo learn more about ACEP and othe r technical and financial assistance available through NRCS conservation p rograms\, visit Get Started with NRCS.\n\n### X-WR-RELCALID:fa9306e1d26100c872f653e62331e9f9 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20201101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20210314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:84f6ee53-1087-41b8-abec-617d915017eb DTSTAMP:20260423T192610Z DESCRIPTION:Assistance Now Available to Restore and Protect Ohio's Privatel y-Owned Land for Wetland Habitat\nThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Nat ural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) encourages people and groups wa nting to restore and protect critical wetlands to consider enrolling their property into conservation easements.\n\nThis year\, NRCS will invest in technical and financial assistance to help private landowners\, tribes and other groups protect these valuable lands. Efforts will be focused on re storing previously drained agricultural lands and protecting the restored wetlands with easements. Landowners are financially compensated for enroll ing their land in easements.\n\n“Protecting these lands preserves Ohio’s h eritage\, natural resources and open space\,” said Barbara Baker\, NRCS As sistant State Conservationist in Ohio. “Easements are an important tool f or people who are trying to preserve the land for future generations.”\n\n The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) utilizes the Wetland Reserve Easement (WRE) component of the program. Applications for ACEP-W RE are accepted on a continuous basis. Applications signed and submitted t o NRCS by the ranking and funding deadline will be evaluated for fiscal ye ar 2020 funding. The application deadline for this year is March 27\, 2020 .\n\nThrough ACEP wetland reserve easements\, NRCS helps landowners restor e and protect wetland ecosystems. Wetlands are one of nature’s most produc tive ecosystems providing many ecological\, societal and economic benefits .\n\nIn the 1700s\, wetlands covered 5 million acres of Ohio\, primarily i n the northwestern part of the State\, referred to as the “Great Black Swa mp.” Competing land uses resulted in a 90 percent loss of wetlands by the late 1900s. Since 2005\, NRCS has assisted landowners in restoring more than 25\,000 acres of Ohio’s wetlands.\n\n“Wetlands provide many benefits\ , including critical habitat for a wide array of wildlife species. They al so store floodwaters\, clean and recharge groundwater\, sequester carbon\, trap sediment\, and filter pollutants for clean water\,” said Baker. \n \nnSeventy-five percent of the nation's wetlands are situated on private a nd tribal lands\,” Baker added. Last year\, Ohio landowners restored 600 acres of wetlands through ACEP. Landowners can choose either a permanent or 30-year wetland conservation easement.\n\nEligible lands include farmed or converted wetlands that can successfully be restored\, croplands or gr asslands subject to flooding\, previously restored wetlands\, and riparian areas that link protected wetland areas. As part of the easement\, NRCS a nd the landowner work together to develop a plan for the restoration and m aintenance of the wetland.\n\nOhio landowners interested in wetland reserv e easements and partners interested in agricultural easements should conta ct their local USDA Service Center.\n\nTo learn more about ACEP and other technical and financial assistance available through NRCS conservation pro grams\, visit Get Started with NRCS.\n\n### DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200327T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200327T235900 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Wetland Reserve Easement (WRE) application deadline END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR