Wetland Conservation & Highly Erodible Land (USDA/NRCS)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-02-25 — Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025: cross-connection with vpa-hip-reauthorization: VPA-HIP reauthorization explicitly extends eligible public-access lands to wetland reserve easements administered under NRCS wetland conservation programs. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-29 — Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation: USDA interim final rule amends 7 CFR Part 12 to treat wetland determinations issued after Nov. 28, 1990 as certified determinations—with notice and appeal rights—used as the basis for Swampbuster ineligibility, resolving inconsistent treatment of 1990–1996 determinations and responding to a February 2024 federal court ruling; farmers gain clearer appeal pathways but face binding certification of older determinations. (novelty: 2)