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1.A conservation reserve enhancement program is established within the department
of agriculture and land stewardship to restore or construct wetlands for the purposes of
intercepting tile line runoff, reducing nutrient loss, improving water quality, and enhancing
agricultural production practices. The program shall be directed primarily, but not
exclusively, toward the tile-drained areas of the state.
2.The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall request the assistance of and
consult with the United States department of agriculture’s natural resources conservation
service and farm service agency to implement the conservation reserve enhancement
program. The department shall also consult with county boards of supervisors, county
conservation boards, drainage district represe
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1. A conservation reserve enhancement program is established within the department
of agriculture and land stewardship to restore or construct wetlands for the purposes of
intercepting tile line runoff, reducing nutrient loss, improving water quality, and enhancing
agricultural production practices. The program shall be directed primarily, but not
exclusively, toward the tile-drained areas of the state.
2. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall request the assistance of and
consult with the United States department of agriculture’s natural resources conservation
service and farm service agency to implement the conservation reserve enhancement
program. The department shall also consult with county boards of supervisors, county
conservation boards, drainage district representatives, department of natural resources, and
soil and water conservation districts affected by the implementation of the conservation
reserve enhancement program. The department shall also collaborate with other public
agencies and private organizations to develop wetland habitat and related projects to
improve water quality.
3. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall maintain a record of all
wetlands established pursuant to the conservation reserve enhancement program including
any conditions that may apply to the landowner’s right to remove the wetland after the
provisions of the conservation reserve enhancement program contract or easement are
concluded.
4. When establishing a wetland under this section, the department of agriculture and land
stewardship shall be governed by the following requirements:
a. Wetlandconstructionorrestorationshallnotdamagethevalueofpropertyinanypublic
or private drainage system without the property owner’s consent.
b. Wetland construction or restoration shall improve water quality and provide aesthetic
and habitat benefits.
c. Wetland construction or restoration under this section may be used to mitigate wetland
removal by the landowner if it meets the requirements of federal agencies with wetland
jurisdictional authorities. Where practicable, priority shall be given to mitigating wetland
removal within the same United States geological survey hydrologic unit code 8 watershed,
but a watershed confines shall not limit the use of duly authorized wetland mitigation banks.
5. The five-year goal of the conservation reserve enhancement program is the
establishment of thirty-two thousand five hundred acres of wetlands.