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Delaware
CREPConservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Solutions for Producers Solutions for Watersheds
United StatesDepartment ofAgriculture
Participating Agencies:
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA Natural ResourcesConservation Service
Soil Conservation Districts
Delaware Deartment of Natural
Resources and EnvironmentalControl
US Fish ! Wildlife Service
Delaware Deartment of Agriculture
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Solutions for Landowners
Since 1999, the Delaware Conservation ReserveEnhancement Program (CREP) has been helping producers install and maintain conservation
practices on their propert! CREP provides anopportunit "or landowners to earn dependableincome, and at the same time protects watersheds b removing environmentall sensitive land "rom production! #o date, over $,%%% acres have beenenrolled in this voluntar program&
CREP pro'ect areas include the coastal plains inthe Chesapeae a, Delaware a, and *nlandas basin areas!
Delaware’s Practices
#he Delaware CREP is authori+ed to enroll up to1%,%%% acres to the "ollowing practices
ardwood
!rees
"ildlife a#itat
$rass %ilter
Strips Riparian
&uffers
"etland
Restoration
Shallow "ater
Areas for "ildlife
Placement o" the practices (e-cept "or Shallow.ater /reas "or .ildli"e) must ad'oin impairedstreams or contributing drainage ditches indesignated pro'ect areas!
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Signup 'nformation
CREP enrollment will be on acontinuous basis, until acreagegoals have been reached!
*nterested parties are encouraged tocontact the nearest 0SD/ ServiceCenter!
Kent (302) 741-2600
New Castle (302) 832-3100
Sussex (302) 856-3990
Delawares CREP Coordinator,Dale Churche, is also available at
(302) 242-9943
Pa(ments and'ncentives
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• 0p to 2334 per
acre "or land planted inRiparian u""ers, 5ardwood#rees or .etlandRestoration!
• 0p to 21$4 per
acre "or .ildli"e 5abitat,6rassed 7ilter Strips andShallow .ater /reas
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*ncentives o" 21% per acre
enrolled
• Practice
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Solutions for "atersheds
taing environmentall sensitive land out o" production and bu""ering impairedstreams, Delaware CREP sees to
Reduce nutrient and sediment loadings in impaired streams
*ncrease wildli"e habitat and create wildli"e corridors
*mprove water temperature and levels o" dissolved o-gen, which are necessar to
support biolog and wildli"e
Eligi#ilit( for the Program
CREP applications must satis" basic eligibilit criteria! Contact the CREP Coordinator (listed on the right) "or details!
Participants agree to establish and maintain practices under a 1% or 14 ear contract!
<and must have been cropped : o" $ ears during the period o" 3%%=83%1>! ?arginal pastureland is also eligible i" it is suitable "or use as a riparian bu""er planted in trees!