Condition of Natural Resources Conservation Service Wetland Easements in Illinois Annual Progress Report Period: 31 August 2019 – 30 September 2020

Gilbert, Andrew D.; Fournier, Auriel M.; Yetter, Aaron P.

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Condition of Natural Resources Conservation Service Wetland Easements in Illinois Annual Progress Report Period: 31 August 2019 – 30 September 2020

Author(s)

• Gilbert, Andrew D.
• Fournier, Auriel M.
• Yetter, Aaron P.

Issue Date

2020-09-30

Keyword(s)

• Wetland Reserve Program
• Wetland Monitoring

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

During the 2019 fiscal year (1 October 2019 – 30 September 2020), 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 = 92). We visited each wetland easement twice; once in autumn/winter (November–January) and again during spring (February–May) totaling 184 easement visits. Easements were located in Boone (n = 2), Calhoun (n = 2), Gallatin (n = 2), Greene (n = 10), Hardin (n = 4), Jersey (n = 1), Johnson (n = 8), Macoupin (n = 1), Massac (n = 2), Monroe (n = 9), Pope (n = 6), Randolph (n = 7), Rock Island (n = 6), Stephenson (n = 2), White (n = 13), Whiteside (n = 11), and Winnebago (n = 6) Counties. Easements comprised 74 WRP easements, 12 Emergency Watershed Protection Program-Floodplain Easements (EWPP-FPE), 2 Emergency Wetland Reserve Program (EWRP) easements, and 4 ACEP-WRE easements. The WRP, EWPP-FPE, and EWRP 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 gives recommendations for improvements to vegetation communities and easement infrastructure for 92 visited easements.

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Technical Report INHS 2020 (19)

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resource Conservation Service Agreement Number: 68-5A12-18-003

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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.

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