Public Notices - Minnesota and Wisconsin

Special Public Notice for Cultivated Fields Methodology

U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, St. Paul District
Published May 8, 2025
Expiration date: 6/7/2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District Regulatory Division (Corps) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Wisconsin DNR) are announcing the opportunity to use a standardized method for determining credit potential associated with proposed wetland hydrology restorations in fields that are subject to annual cultivation. The Corps and Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) developed this methodology for use in Minnesota in 2019, and since then, implementation of this methodology has helped to streamline credit determinations. In Wisconsin, applicants proposing permittee responsible mitigation or sponsors proposing bank or in-lieu fee wetland restoration projects may use this methodology in association with seeking project approval under the 2008 Federal Mitigation Rule (33 CFR Part 332), and ch. NR 350, Wis. Adm. Code.