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Forest Land Enhancement Program

Forest Land Enhancement Program. “Promoting active management of KS woodlands and windbreaks by providing financial incentives to landowners to implement forestry practices”. A product of Forestry Title VIII of the 2002 FarmBill Goodbye to FIP and SIP $100 million dollar program thru 2007

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Forest Land Enhancement Program

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  1. Forest Land Enhancement Program “Promoting active managementof KS woodlands and windbreaks by providing financial incentives to landowners to implement forestry practices”

  2. A product of Forestry Title VIII of the 2002 FarmBill • Goodbye to FIP and SIP • $100 million dollar program thru 2007 • FY2003 allocation to KS was $122,255; anticipate $61,128 FY2004 • Administrated by the Kansas Forest Servicewith guidance from the Forest Stewardship Committee

  3. Objectives of FLEP Forest Land Enhancement Program • To encourage landowners to actively manage their timber • To enhance the productivity of timber, fish, wildlife habitat, soil and water quality, wetlands, and recreational resources

  4. FLEP Covers 75% of the Cost to Plant Trees and Implement Management Practices in Woodlands and Windbreaks

  5. Who is Eligible for the Program? • Private landowners state-wide • Landowners who own 40 contiguous acres or more

  6. Landowners must have a management plan prepared by their local forester A serviceprovided by the KFS

  7. FLEP 2 Afforestation/Reforestation Tree planting for commercial timber production and other objectives such as wildlife habitat

  8. FLEP 3 Forest Stand Improvement Thinning, release, pruning or protecting woodlands to increase tree growth

  9. FLEP 4 Agroforestry Tree planting for windbreak systems. Renovation of mature windbreaks Alley Cropping

  10. FLEP 5 Water Quality Improvement and Watershed Protection Tree planting adjacent to streams and rivers to improve water quality and protection of riparian areas

  11. Continuous Sign Up Contact your local district forester, request a management plan and fill out a 1 page application form Marshall Nemaha Smith Jewell Republic Washington Brown Rawlins Decatur Norton Phillips Cheyenne Doniphan Cloud Atchison NE Sherman Thomas Sheridan Graham Rooks Osborne Jackson Potta- Riley Clay Mitchell i watomie NC NW Jefferson Leaven- k worth Ottawa Shawnee Lincoln Wyandotte Wa- i Dickin- Wallace Logan Gove Ellis Trego Russell baunsee Geary son i Johnson Saline Douglas Ellsworth Osage Morris Franklin Miami Lyon Greeley Wichita Scott Lane Ness Rush Barton Marion McPherson Chase Rice Coffey Anderson Linn Pawnee Hamilton Kearny Finney Hodgeman Stafford Harvey Green- Reno wood SW Butler Woodson Allen Bourbon Edwards i Gray SE Sedgwick Ford i Pratt SC Kiowa Wilson Stanton Grant Haskell Neosho Kingman Crawford i Elk Barber Meade Clark Sumner Cowley Mont- Comanche Harper Labette Morton Stevens Seward Cherokee gomery Chautauqua

  12. Questions or Comments......

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