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The remaining 25% comes from the landowners as well as other local and state resources. The FLP program has partnered with the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks in an effort to protect almost 8,000 acres (32 km 2) of forested terrain. The Forest Legacy Program has websites for specific states working together. [9]
"Forest Legacy Feature Tract: Audubon / Piretti, Massachusetts June 1995" Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Forest Legacy Program: United States Forest Service. Retrieved January 6, 2008. Aimes, Tad (August 25, 2008). Letter to the Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs. Berkshire Natural Resources Council. Retrieved January ...
The Forest Legacy Program was established in the 1990 United States farm bill to protect environmentally important forest lands that are threatened by conversion to nonforest uses. It provides federal funding for conservation easements and fee simple purchases.
The state secured funding from the Forest Legacy Program, run by the U.S. Forest Service, to help pay for about 75% of the easements. The agency was hoping to leverage funding from the Knowles ...
Part of the funding is from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Legacy program. The department awarded nearly $544 million to 63 projects in 2024, according to its website.
The ridge and certain outlying features were designated as part of a conservation planning area in 1993 by the U.S. Forest Service under its Forest Legacy Program. Called the "Stockbridge-Yokun Ridge Reserve," it consists of 6,300 acres and is among at least five in Massachusetts authorized in 1993 by the program, which enables federal ...
The Forestland Enhancement Program (FLEP) was adopted in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, Sec. 8002) as an amendment to the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-313; 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). FLEP replaces the Stewardship Incentives Program (SIP) and the Forestry Incentives Program (FIP). FLEP is optional in each state and is a ...
Apr. 17—Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is moving ahead with plans to place 33,000 acres of private timberland between Kalispell and Libby under a conservation easement. The state agency is ...