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Release No.: 00 19.14 <br />Contact <br />Stuart Lee, (919) 873 -2107 <br />Stuart.Lee @nc.usda.gov <br />Announcing the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program — Wetland Reserve <br />Easement (ACEP -WRE) component application deadline for Fiscal Year 2015 funding <br />consideration <br />November 19, 2014, Raleigh, NC — December 19, 2014, is fiscal year 2015's deadline for ACEP -WRE <br />applications to be filed by eligible landowners with their local USDA Service Center. Landowners that are <br />interested in enrolling their land should contact their local NRCS field office to ensure their farm records <br />are up -to -date, their eligibility forms have been completed, and that they have completed an NRCS -CPA- <br />1200 to apply for ACEP -WRE. <br />Although the final rule has not yet been published for ACEP, the WRE component operates like the <br />repealed Wetland Reserve Program (WRP). ACEP -WRE provides financial assistance directly to private <br />and Tribal landowners to restore, protect and enhance wetlands on eligible land through the purchase of <br />Wetland Reserve Easements. When the final rule for ACEP is published NRCS will notify WRE <br />applicants of any further information or documentation that may be required to process and review the <br />application. <br />A separate application deadline for the other ACEP components: Agricultural Land Easements (ALE), and <br />ALE - Grasslands of Special Environmental Significance (ALE -GSS), will be announced at a later date. <br />Program Contact <br />Greg Walker, Assistant State Conservationist for Programs, 919- 873 -2104 <br />For more information on Easements, Please Visit our NC Easement Page. <br />USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. <br />