[Vision2020] Farmland Protection Program Information
Linda Pall
lpall@moscow.com
Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:57:24 -0700
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Dear Visionaries,
You might be interested in this. If so, take a look.
All the best,
Linda Pall
Applications are now being accepted for the Natural Resources=20
Conservation Service's Federal Farmland Protection Program(FPP). The=20
Request for Proposals was published in the Federal Register on April 3,=20
2003.
The program was reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill to protect working
agricultural land from conversion to non-agricultural uses by the cost=20
share purchase of conservation easements with eligible entities. =20
The 2002 Farm Bill expanded the program beyond state and local=20
governments to include nongovernmental organizations as eligible=20
entities. It also makes farmland containing historical and=20
archaeological sites a high priority.
Details on eligibility and the application process are published in the=20
Federal Register. Proposals will be accepted for the next 45 days, and=20
are due May 19, 2003.=20
The Federal Register notice can be accessed at
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pubntcs/fpp.rfp.html and =
as a pdf file at=20
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/fpprfp03.pdf.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear Visionaries,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Linda Pall</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Applications are now being accepted for the Natural Resources=20
<BR>Conservation Service's Federal Farmland Protection Program(FPP). The =
<BR>Request for Proposals was published in the Federal Register on April =
3,=20
<BR>2003.<BR><BR>The program was reauthorized in the 2002 Farm Bill to =
protect=20
working<BR>agricultural land from conversion to non-agricultural uses by =
the=20
cost <BR>share purchase of conservation easements with eligible =
entities. =20
<BR><BR>The 2002 Farm Bill expanded the program beyond state and local=20
<BR>governments to include nongovernmental organizations as eligible=20
<BR>entities. It also makes farmland containing historical and=20
<BR>archaeological sites a high priority.<BR><BR>Details on eligibility =
and the=20
application process are published in the <BR>Federal Register. =
Proposals=20
will be accepted for the next 45 days, and <BR>are due May 19, 2003. =
<BR><BR>The=20
Federal Register notice can be accessed at<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pubntcs/fpp.rfp.h=
tml">http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pubntcs/fpp.rfp.html=
</A>=20
and <BR>as a pdf file at <BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/fpprfp03.pdf"=
>http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/fpprfp03.pdf</A>.</D=
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