This information will be helpful to county land conservation department staff who administer the CREP program locally.
Getting Started
CREP Basic Tutorial for Counties (May 2015)
Steps to establishing CREP easement or 15-year agreement (chart)
Easement process (flowchart showing responsibilities of each agency)
15-year agreement process (flowchart showing responsibilities of each agency)
Areas eligible for CREP (map)
Conservation practices (description)
Payment calculator (tool to estimate payments to landowner over the life of the contract)
General Information and Guidelines
Permanent Conservation Easements: Reconciling Conflicting Interests in Land
Easement location protocol
Perpetual Easements Provisions Guide (guide to allowable uses with CREP easements)
Perpetual
Easement Land Use Amendment Guide (guide to requesting land use activities
allowed with approval from DATCP)
Perpetual
Easement Relinquishment Guide (Guide to requesting relinquishment of land from
CREP easement through DATCP)
Required signatures and documentation for agreements
Map showing cash rent by county for non-irrigated crop land
Forms
Applications (riparian and grassland project areas)
Applications (Lake Superior project area) *Updates in-process
- Lake Superior 15-year agreement (ARM-LWR-283-A)
- Contact us for a Lake Superior easement application (contact information at right)
Cost-Share Instructions and Rates for State Mid-Management Cost-Share (accompanies ARM-LWR-287)
Landowner transfer worksheet (ARM-LWR-420)
Buyout of 15-year agreement worksheet (ARM-LWR-397)
Materials reimbursement form (ARM-LWR-290)
Converting agreements to easements
Environmental benefits form (ARM-LWR-284)
County CREP annual reporting form (ARM-LWR-282)
CREP Easement Monitoring Form
W-9 Form (Rev. October 2018)
Emergency Haying Request Form (ARM-BLWR-015)
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