Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)

CREP is a joint federal and state funded program that restores streamside habitat for salmon and protects that habitat for 10-15 years.

Landowners and operators who meet USDA FSA CRP/CREP eligibility and enroll riparian lands under an FSA contract; participants must meet FSA cropping history or marginal pasture requirements and have an approved riparian plan and contract with FSA.

Rolling / Project-BasedSCC cost share, maintenance, and tied into individual FSA contracts rather than fixed application rounds.

FSA pays 50% of approved implementation costs and a 40% Practice Incentive Payment; SCC pays 10% of approved implementation costs, up to 2,700 dollars per acre for maintenance over five years, and up to 50,000 dollars per landowner per fiscal year in SCC cost share.

Cost‑share structure: FSA pays 50% of implementation costs plus 40% PIP; SCC adds 10% implementation cost share and up to 2,700 dollars per acre maintenance, so landowners generally do not need to provide additional cash match beyond costs not covered by FSA/SCC.

Continuous

Continuous

Varies - follows eligibility review

FSA cost share (50%) is paid after practice installation; SCC cost share (10%) and maintenance funding are vouchered monthly once practices are completed and documented in CPDS.

Work begins after FSA contract approval.

Field currently linked to Toggle - do we need a text field here?If so, we need to manually add notes from Excel sheet.

Brian Cochranebcochrane@scc.wa.gov