Landowner does not get a big fat check. They get a tax credit that is based on an appraisal of what the land would be worth if it were to be developed. Future value. The tax credit can be used by the owner or sold to others looking for tax credits.
On WRP, the landowner does get a big fat check on the front end and all of the improvements are paid for by the government thru NRCS. There are options on the duration. If you grant a permanent easement, the money received upfront is taxed as a long term capital gain.
With CRP, you get an annual payment for 10 years and the period can be renewed, that money is taxed as income I believe. Both are pretty sweet deals depending on the individual situation.
On one of our leases, the landowner is making more from our lease payment plus his CRP payment than he was making from running cows on the property and now he just got paid damn good money from the first thinning of his CRP pines, that's triple dipping
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