November 21, 2024, 6:58 am
Forest
Farm Bill Conservation Programs
Title VIII of the Farm Bill covers forest related programs in the Healthy Forests Reserve Program. The purpose is to help landowners restore, enhance and protect forestland resources on private lands through easements and financial assistance. HRFP also aids in the recovery of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, improves plant and animal biodiversity, and enhances carbon sequestration. The program is administered by the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service
Visit Farmbill.com to learn more.Conservation Reserve Program
Website: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/conservation-reserve-program/- Bottomland Hardwoods Initiative
- Highly Erodible Land Initiative
- Tree Assistance Program
- Emergency Forest Restoration Program
- Conservation Stewardship Program
Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Website: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ms/programs/financial/eqip/?cid=nrcs142p2_017159Overview: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/ms/programs/?cid=nrcs142p2_017154
- EQIP 2018 Forestry Practice
- EQIP 2017 Pertinent Declining Wildlife Habitat Practices
- Natural Resource Enterprises
Best Management Practices
Sustainable Forestry- Herbaceous Weed Control (315)
- Conservation Cover (327)
- Prescribed Burning (338)
- Critical Area Stabilization (342)
- Diversion (362)
- Riparian Forest Buffer (391)
- Riparian Forest Firebreak (394)
- Riparian Forest Grade Stabilization Structure (410)
- Riparian Forest Land Clearing (460)
- Riparian Forest Mulching (484)
- Forest Site Preparation (490)
- Forest Site Tree and Shrub Establishment (612)
- Early Successional Habitat Development and Management (647)
- Forest Stand Improvement (666)
Declining Wildlife Habitats (Forest ones):
- Prescibed Burnings
- Firebreak (394)
- Forest Site Preparation (490)
- Early Successional Habitat Development and Management (647)
- Forest Stand Improvement (666)
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U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS is a science organization that provides impartial information on the health of our ecosystems and environment, the natural hazards that threaten us, and the core science systems that help us provide timely, relevant, and useable information.
