§590p–1 Limitation on Wetlands Drainage Assistance to Aid Wildlife Preservation; Termination of Limitation; Redetermination of Need for Assistance Upon Change of Ownership of Lands

Summary

The Agriculture Secretary must not give money or technical help to drain wetlands on farms in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota when the Interior Secretary says draining a specific farm’s wetland will significantly hurt wildlife and keeping it wet would help wildlife, and that written finding naming the farm is sent to the Agriculture Secretary within 90 days after the farmer applied for drainage help. The ban stops if the Interior Secretary tells the Agriculture Secretary it should end; or one year after the finding was filed unless the Interior Secretary or a State agency offered during that year to buy or lease the wetland for waterfowl; or five years after the finding if the owner never accepted any such offer. If the land changes owners, eligibility for drainage help must be checked again under these rules.