Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) policy has historically and continues to require participants to maintain/manage CRP cover throughout the life of the contract. However, often invasive and/or undesirable plants have established and threaten desirable plants that provide cover for wildlife. Contracts require that these unwanted plants are managed, but management activities are restricted so that wildlife and cover for wildlife are not disturbed during critical periods. Often these restrictions limit the effectiveness of many common management methods resulting in poor control. This can frustrate landowners and often leads to them not managing the unwanted vegetation. This has resulted in many CRP fields in Wisconsin with extensive weed populations. When the contract for these fields expires NRCS and FSA staff have found it difficult to allow for reenrollment given the level of these infestations and in some cases have cited landowners for not managing/maintaining desirable cover as stated in their contract. This has caused a great deal of frustration between all parties involved. To provide further clarification, NRCS has developed additional guidelines to assist land managers to improve and better define what weed species are of concern and what population(s) size will be considered acceptable within enrolled acreage.