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Title: | Condition of Natural Resources Conservation Service Wetland Easements in Illinois |
Author(s): | Gilbert, Andrew D.; Yetter, Aaron P.; Fournier, Auriel M. V.; Klimas, Samuel T. |
Subject(s): | Wetland
Easement Monitoring Illinois |
Geographic Coverage: | Fayette County, Illinois Alexander County, Illinois Pulaski County, Illinois |
Abstract: | During the 2019 fiscal year (1 October 2018 – 30 September 2019), the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS) conducted wetland monitoring and wetland quality evaluations for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) on Agriculture Conservation Easement Program - Wetland Reserve Easements (ACEP-WRE; n = 68). We visited each wetland easement twice; once in autumn/winter (November–January) and again during spring (February–March) totaling 136 easement visits. Easements were located in Fayette (n = 34), Alexander (n = 22), and Pulaski (n = 12) Counties. Monitored easements in Fayette County were all comprised of Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) easements. Monitored easements in Alexander County comprised 15 WRP easements, 8 Emergency Watershed Protection Program-Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE), and 1 ACEP-WRE easement. Monitored easements in Pulaski County were all comprised of WRP easements. The WRP and EWPP-FPE easements were enrolled in NRCS programs prior to 2014 Farm Bill restructuring of wetland easements that now fall into the ACEP-WRE program. We previously submitted easement monitoring worksheets and detailed photographs of easement conditions, and this report contains a summary, descriptive management plans (Appendix 1) that detail conditions of the easements, and give recommendations for improvements to vegetation communities and easement infrastructure for all 70 easements. |
Issue Date: | 2019-09-30 |
Publisher: | Illinois Natural History Survey |
Series/Report: | Technical Report INHS 2019 (22) |
Genre: | Technical Report |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105453 |
Publication Status: | unpublished |
Peer Reviewed: | not peer reviewed |
Sponsor: | Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA) |
Rights Information: | This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested. |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2019-09-30 |