(a) It is the purpose of sections 103F.505 to 103F.531 to restore certain marginal agricultural land and protect environmentally sensitive areas to:
(1) enhance soil and water quality;
(2) minimize damage to flood-prone areas;
(3) sequester carbon;
(4) support native plant, fish, and wildlife habitats; and
(5) establish perennial vegetation.
(b) It is state policy to encourage:
(1) restoration of wetlands and riparian lands;
(2) restoration and protection of marginal, highly erodible land, particularly land adjacent to public waters, drainage systems, wetlands, and locally designated priority waters; and
(3) protection of environmentally sensitive areas, including wellhead protection areas, grasslands, peatlands, shorelands, karst geology, and forest lands in priority areas.