Can NRCS delegate easement responsibilities?
NRCS may delegate easement management, monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities to other Federal and State agencies. NRCS may also enter into cooperative agreements with Federal and State agencies, conservation districts, and private conservation organizations to assist NRCS with educational efforts, easement management and monitoring, outreach efforts, and program implementation. 3.15 Can a WRPO be modified? The State conservationist may approve modifications to the WRPO that do not affect provisions of the easement, following consultation with the landowner and the NRCS State technical committee and consideration of site-specific technical input from the Service and the conservation district. Any WRPO modification must meet WRP objectives and must result in equal or greater wildlife benefits, wetland functions and values, and ecological and economic values, to the United States. Modifications to the WRPO that are substantial and that affect provisions of the easement require agre
