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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.
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.
It will secure permanent access for public recreation, continue timber management and keep the tract free from development. No. ... The state secured funding from the Forest Legacy Program, run by ...
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]
The properties sit adjacent to Flathead National Forest lands and to other private lands that were protected earlier by conservation easements. [ 15 ] In July 2014, Vital Ground received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service to protect 142 acres of forested land in the northwest corner of Montana near Troy.
$9.46 million U.S. Forest Service Forest Legacy Program. $6.04 million SCDNR Heritage Trust Program. $1 million S.C. Conservation Bank. $475,000 SCDNR timber revenue.
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990; Long title: An original bill to extend and revise agricultural price support and related programs, to provide for agricultural export, resource conservation, farm credit, and agricultural research and related programs, to ensure consumers an abundance of food and fiber at reasonable prices, and for other purposes.
The section of Whatcom County forest is about 40 acres of land, with trees aged 80-109 years old, Timber sale is on despite conservationists’ concern for this storm-damaged legacy forest Skip to ...