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Longleaf Pine Ecosystem Restoration Private Landowner Incentive Program

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Guidelines and Forms: Sign-up Period:
Ended November 20, 2009
Should additional funding become available, details will be added.
The primary objective of the Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration – Private Landowner Incentives Program is to increase the acreage of healthy Longleaf pine ecosystems in Florida by helping non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners to make the long term investment required to establish and maintain this valuable ecosystem. Toward this end, the program offers NIPF landowners incentive payments for conducting certain approved forest management practices that help establish or improve longleaf pine stands. This program is administered by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Forestry (DOF) and is funded through a grant from the USDA Forest Service and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Program Information

The program offers incentive payments for:
  • Longleaf pine seedling establishment
  • Timber stand improvement
  • Prescribed burning
  • Native plant understory establishment
  • Mechanical underbrush treatments
  • Invasive exotic plant treatment

All payments are made at specified per-acre or per-seedling rates. Please see the Technical Guidelines Booklet (pdf, 915k) for available practices, practice requirements, and payment rates.

The program is limited to the Florida counties located within the historic range of longleaf pine (pinus palustris). Qualified landowners may apply for up to four approved practices per year. The minimum tract size requirement is 10 acres and funding requests may not exceed $10,000. Only one application per landowner is permitted per year.

Contacts

For more information on the Longleaf Ecosystem Restoration – Private Landowner Incentives Program, please contact:
Division of Forestry Shield
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
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