Arkansas Habitat

Continuous CRP: Eligibility, Payments and Incentives

The Continuous CRP program allows landowners to establish certain conservation buffer practices on cropland and marginal pasture and enroll the land in the CRP at any time without having to go through the process of submitting a competitive offer.

Working with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Arkansas Forestry Commission or conservation district, landowners identify the mix of buffer practices available under the continuous CRP sign-up that are most suitable for their land and meet their conservation needs. Incentives for each Conservation Practice (CP) are summarized below. Six types of incentives are possible.

Rental payments. Rental rates vary based on site specific characteristics. Estimate your rental payments.
Incentive payment.
Cost Share payment. CRP pays a portion of the cost of installing practices.
Sign Up Incentive Payment (SIP): one time payment of $100/acre for 10-15 year contract
Practice Incentive Payments (PIP): an additional 40% of establishment cost
Maintenance Payment: A $4-$9 per acre maintenance payment added to per acre rental payment


CP 9: Shallow Water Areas for Wildlife	CP 21: Filter Strips	CP 22: Riparian Forest Buffers
Brief Description: Limited to 10 acres. Eligible lands include Farmable Wetlands, Prior Converted Wetlands, or other suitable non-hydric soils. Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: No Cost Share Payment: 50% SIP: No PIP:Yes Maintenance Payment: Depends .	Brief Description: Cropland edges next to water bodies for filtering runoff. Width - 20 to 120 feet. Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: 20% Cost Share Payment: 50% SIP: Yes PIP:Yes Maintenance Payment: Depends	Brief Description: Cropland or certain pastureland next to perennial or seasonal streams. 35 to 180 feet. Greater widths where certain conditions exist, for example- up to the high water mark (sediment deposits) found after flood events in the riparian basin Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: 20% Cost Share Payment: 50% SIP: Yes PIP:Yes Maintenance Payment: Depends

CP 23: Wetland Restoration	CP 29: Marginal Pastureland Wildlife Habitat Buffers	CP 31: Bottomland Timberland Establishment on Wetlands
Brief Description: 3 to 1 ratio of buffer to wetlands with cropland in 100-year floodplain containing 51% hydric soils. Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: No Cost Share Payment: 50% plus an extra 25% on hydrology restoration SIP: No PIP: No Maintenance Payment:Depends	Brief Description: Pastureland adjacent or parallel to rivers, creeks, seasonal streams, other permanent water bodies, such as lakes & ponds that provide water throughout most of the year. 20-120 feet Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: 20% Cost Share Payment: 50% SIP: Yes PIP:Yes Maintenance Payment: Depends	Brief Description: Cropland in the 100-year floodplain Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: No Cost Share Payment: 50% SIP: No PIP: No Maintenance Payment: Depends

CP 33: Wildlife Habitat for Upland Birds Brief Description: Cropland edges, native grass buffers, 30-120 feet eligible. Rental Payment: Yes Incentive Payment: No Cost Share Payment: 50% SIP: Yes PIP: Yes Maintenance Payment: Depends



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