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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 456B.15. MANAGEMENT ACCESS
1 2 PROGRAM FOR CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM LANDS.
1 3 1. The commission may establish a management access
1 4 program to apply to United States department of agriculture
1 5 conservation reserve program land and related land of
1 6 cooperating landowners. The purposes of the management access
1 7 program are to improve habitat for wildlife on the
1 8 conservation reserve program land and to provide public access
1 9 for walk-in hunting and fur harvesting on the land.
1 10 2. The commission may establish the management access
1 11 program for conservation reserve program land and related land
1 12 through the use of conservation easements which shall provide
1 13 one or more of the following management options and payments:
1 14 a. If the conservation reserve program land has a minimum
1 15 of two years remaining on its United States department of
1 16 agriculture contract and the owner agrees to administer two
1 17 diskings and legume interseeding on ten percent of the land
1 18 subject to the easement, the payment rate is five dollars per
1 19 acre annually. The landowner is responsible for the site
1 20 preparation, planting, and seed costs associated with this
1 21 option.
1 22 b. If the conservation reserve program land has a minimum
1 23 of two years remaining on its United States department of
1 24 agriculture contract and the owner agrees to one disking and
1 25 legume interseeding on ten percent of the land subject to the
1 26 conservation easement, the payment rate is four dollars per
1 27 acre annually. The landowner is responsible for the site
1 28 preparation, planting, and seed costs associated with this
1 29 option.
1 30 c. If the conservation reserve program land subject to the
1 31 conservation easement has been seeded or partially reseeded
1 32 within the preceding four years as required by the United
1 33 States department of agriculture conservation reserve program
1 34 contract, the payment rate is three dollars per acre annually.
1 35 d. If the conservation reserve program land subject to the
2 1 easement is excellent wildlife habitat without additional
2 2 habitat improvement as determined by the department, the
2 3 payment rate is one dollar per acre annually.
2 4 3. The commission may also extend the management access
2 5 program to agricultural land which is not under the United
2 6 States department of agriculture conservation reserve program
2 7 if the department finds that the agricultural lands provide
2 8 good quality wildlife habitat and the agricultural land is
2 9 associated with one or more conservation reserve program lands
2 10 subject to a management access program easement pursuant to
2 11 subsection 2. The payment rate for a conservation easement
2 12 under this subsection is one dollar per acre annually.
2 13 4. In addition to the requirements specified in
2 14 subsections 2 and 3, a landowner who enters into a
2 15 conservation easement for a management access program shall
2 16 agree to the following:
2 17 a. The land shall be open to walk-in hunting and trapping
2 18 access.
2 19 b. The land shall not be grazed or hayed.
2 20 c. Noxious weeds on the land shall be controlled manually
2 21 or by spot spraying only.
2 22 5. Chapter 461C shall apply to the land and the holders of
2 23 land which are subject to conservation easements for the
2 24 management access program established pursuant to this
2 25 section.
2 26 6. The department shall install and maintain access and
2 27 boundary signs on the management access program land.
2 28 EXPLANATION
2 29 This bill authorizes the natural resources commission to
2 30 establish a management access program for land which is under
2 31 contract as conservation reserve program (CRP) land with the
2 32 United States department of agriculture and for land not
2 33 within the conservation reserve program but associated with
2 34 the CRP land. The purposes of the management access program
2 35 are to provide walk-in access to private CRP land for hunters
3 1 and fur harvesters and to provide improved wildlife habitat on
3 2 the land.
3 3 If a management access program is established, there are
3 4 four management options and payments for CRP land and one
3 5 option and payment for agricultural land which is not under
3 6 contract as CRP land, but is associated with CRP land with a
3 7 management access program easement. If the CRP land has at
3 8 least two years remaining on its contract with the United
3 9 States department of agriculture and the owner agrees to
3 10 administer two diskings and legume interseeding on ten percent
3 11 of the land subject to the conservation easement, the payment
3 12 is $5.00 per acre annually.
3 13 If the CRP land has at least two years remaining on its
3 14 contract with the United States department of agriculture and
3 15 the owner agrees to administer one disking and legume
3 16 interseeding on ten percent of the land subject to the
3 17 conservation easement, the payment is $4.00 per acre annually.
3 18 If the CRP land subject to the conservation easement has
3 19 been seeded or partially reseeded within the preceding four
3 20 years as required by the CRP contract, the payment is $3.00
3 21 per acre annually.
3 22 If the CRP land subject to the conservation easement is
3 23 excellent wildlife habitat without additional habitat
3 24 improvement as determined by the department, the payment is
3 25 $1.00 per acre annually.
3 26 The commission may also offer the management access program
3 27 to agricultural land which is not under a CRP contract if the
3 28 department finds that the agricultural land provides good
3 29 quality wildlife habitat and the agricultural land is
3 30 associated with one or more CRP lands subject to a management
3 31 access program easement. The payment for the conservation
3 32 easement on the non-CRP land is $1.00 per acre annually.
3 33 The management access program shall require that the land
3 34 subject to the conservation easement is open to walk-in
3 35 hunting and fur harvesting, that the land is not grazed or
4 1 hayed, and that noxious weeds are controlled manually or by
4 2 spot spraying only.
4 3 The land and holders of land under the management access
4 4 program have limited liability under Code chapter 461C for
4 5 injury occurring to persons who enter the property for
4 6 hunting, fur harvesting, and other recreational purposes
4 7 allowed under the management access program.
4 8 The department of natural resources is responsible for
4 9 installing and maintaining access and boundary signs on the
4 10 management access program land.
4 11 LSB 1325YH 79
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