Ohio Lake Erie Watershed CREP

Ohio's Lake Erie CREP pays farmers to take cropland and marginal pasture along streams in the Lake Erie watershed out of production for 14 to 15 years and plant grasses, trees, windbreaks or wetlands. Participants get federal CRP rental payments and incentives plus a one-time State of Ohio incentive payment after the practice is installed. The state's goal is 67,000 enrolled acres.

• Agricultural producers with cropland or marginal pastureland in Ohio's Lake Erie watershed.

• Eligible practices: CP1, CP2, CP5A field windbreak, CP21 filter strips, CP21S, CP22 riparian buffer, CP23/CP23A wetland restoration, and others listed in the fact sheet.

14–15-year CRP contracts.

Published amounts: Federal: one-time signing incentive payment (SIP) for CP5A, CP21, CP21S, CP22, CP23, CP23A; one-time practice incentive payment equal to 40% of eligible reimbursable costs for those practices; annual rental payments. State: "the State of Ohio will provide eligible participants with a one-time incentive payment following practice completion. State incentive payment amounts will vary based on the practice enrolled or reenrolled."

Contact your local USDA service center / Farm Service Agency office or county Soil and Water Conservation District.

Deadline text on the page: Continuous enrollment via FSA; no deadline published. Fact sheet dated November 2022.