The Hawaii Conservation Reserve Hawaii CREP Enhancement Program (CREP) is a partnership CP25 Goals between the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rare & Declining Habitat: and the State of Hawaii to address state Tropical Dryland Forest It is the intent of the USDA and the State of specific environmental concerns. Hawaii that the Hawaii CREP strive to reach the following goals for the six main Hawaiian Islands Through CREP, program participants receive financial incentives to voluntarily enroll and upon its successful implementation: remove cropland and pastureland from  Reduce sediment and nutrient runoff by 10 agricultural production and convert the land percent from current levels. to native trees, shrubs, grasses, and other vegetation.  Increase coral reef cover by 5 percent and substantially increase coral diversity on coral The USDA Farm Service Agency and Natural reefs throughout the State. Resource Conservation Service and the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural  Improve wildlife and plant habitats of at least Resources work together to implement the 10 threatened or endangered species Hawaii CREP to ‘Restoring Our Islands Mauka to through restoration of native forest Makai’. ecosystems and riparian buffers.

 Reforestation of native vegetation in riparian buffer zones as well as rare and declining native habitats.

 Increase groundwater recharge through the planting of trees in upland pastures.  Reduction in control of invasive species in Contact Information watersheds within the Hawaii CREP areas. Farm Service Agency Hawaii- (808) 933-8381 Honolulu- (808) 483-8600 Kauai- (808) 245-9014 Maui- (808) 871-5500

DLNR DOFAW Honolulu- (808) 587-4167

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. CP25 Annual Payment Rate: Type of Cover: Rare and Declining Habitat:  Based on Soil Rental Rate for the three Native trees, grasses, and/or forbs that are predominate soils on the eligible offered Tropical Dryland Forest site appropriate. cropland acres ($140 - $225) Practice Specifications: Cost Share: Practice and vegetation shall conform to  Cost for installation of eligible practices NRCS Technical Guide Specifications. reimbursed at 50% of an established payment schedule. Hawaii Available Practices: Other Payments:  314- Brush Management  Yearly maintenance payment.  315- Herbaceous Weed Control  Mid-term Management payment - $150/  327- Conservation Cover year/acre available 3 times during the  340- Cover Crop contract (not to exceed $450/acre).  342- Critical Area Planting  362- Diversion State DLNR Bonus Payment:  382- Fencing  A Hawaii CREP Incentive Payment (HCIP)  383- Fuel Break in the amount of $17 per acre per year for  390- Riparian Herbaceous Cover Description all CREP acreage enrolled into CRP  441- Micro-irrigation practices.  472- Access Control Dryland forests are uniquely diverse and  Funds may also be available for  490- Tree/Shrub Site Preparation typically receive less than 50 inches (127 cm)  550- Range Planting of rain annually and are composed of a reimbursement of eligible cost-share  595- Integrated Pest Management multi-story canopy with a high diversity of practices. Eligible practices are to be species found within all canopy levels and determined by the State each year and will  600- Terrace understory. In Hawaii, dryland forests are be available to enrolled participants.  612- Tree/Shrub Establishment located in leeward coastal to sub-alpine Payment and Contract Duration:  614- Watering Facilities ecosystems. Much of these dryland forest  643- Restoration and Mgmt. of Rare or 15 years locations have been converted for land Declining Habitats development or rangeland pasture for Location:  644- Wetland Wildlife Habitat Mgmt. managed ungulates. Remnant dryland forest Conservation practices are limited to eligible  645- Upland Wildlife Habitat Mgmt. ecosystems can be found throughout the land meeting FSA’s cropland definition, “land  657- Wetland Restoration Hawaiian Islands in relatively small fragmented planted or considered planted to an  658- Wetland Creation patches. agricultural commodity 4 of the 6 years from Purpose 2002 to 2007 and be physically and legally Conservation Easements: capable of being planted in a normal manner to The purpose of this practice is to restore the Landowners enrolled in the Hawaii CREP may an agricultural commodity” functions and values of critically endangered donate a conservation easement to the State and threatened habitats. This practice will be Size: of Hawaii. Funds may be available for a used to help landowners reestablish tropical There is no maximum size for this practice; bargain purchase based on competitive grant dryland forests on eligible cropland where the minimum area that can be enrolled is 5 requested. For more information contact these habitats once thrived prior to human acres or the whole field if less than 10 acres. DLNR-DOFAW. settlement.