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Appendix B: Federally Directed Assistance and Incentive Programs
Appendix B: Federally Directed Assistance and Incentive Programs
Pages 196-204
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The USDA Forest Service cooperates with state governments to survey and evaluate insect and disease epidemics and provides public nonfederal and private landowners with technical assistance and training. The USDA Forest Service also provides information needed to assess the health of all the nation's forests, to identify ecosystem conditions conducive to insect and disease epidemics, and to plan coordinated pest-management activities when insect and disease epidemics threaten federal, state, county, municipal, and private forestlands.
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The objectives of the smaller programs include: reducing the risk of wildfire; improving the efficiency of state government fire protection programs; organizing, training, and equipping rural fire departments; and encouraging more regional and national cooperation. To accomplish these objectives, excess federal equipment is recycled and loaned to state agencies for wildfire protection and suppression; assistance to the states, primarily in the form of technical advice during extreme fire emergencies is provided; and individual fire prevention and protection awareness is promoted.
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Stewardship Incentives Program Funded at $4.5 million in FY 1996, this program is designed to enhance the management of nonindustrial private forestlands through financial assistance in the form of cost sharing. Practices funded include the development of forest stewardship plans, reforestation and afforestation, forest improvement, agroforestry projects, soil and water protection and improvement, riparian and wetland protection and improvement, fisheries habitat enhancement, wildlife habitat enhancement, and forest recreation enhancement.
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Funding for the program flows through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, which issues the cost-share payments to participants. However, the USDA Forest Service, in cooperation with the state forestry agencies, provides technical assistance to private landowners participating in the program.
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In some states, state programs have included regulatory actions. This act requires states to devise and implement programs to preserve, protect, and restore coastal resources.
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The first regulatory action applies primarily to federal lands but can involve private land if the landowner seeks some form of federal action (for example, supplying a per
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The law also regulates removal or damage to any endangered plants on federal land; private landowners can proceed without regard to listed plants if they are not in violation of state law. This act prohibits harmful actions, including habitat modification, that would harass, harm, kill, trap, or involve collection of endangered or threatened species of flora and fauna.
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Financial assistance might be provided for timber production and stand improvement, fish and wildlife habitat management, re-establishment and management of forested wetlands, establishment and maintenance of windbreaks and shelterbelts, aesthetics management, management of recreational opportunities, and management of native vegetation. REGULATORY PROGRAMS State Level Programs Regulatory programs account for 11 percent of state program applications nationwide.
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204 FORESTED LANDSCAPES IN PERSPECTIVE 3 counties; Florida, various of 57 counties; Georgia, 11 of 159 counties; Illinois, 100 of 1,200 municipalities and 1 of 102 counties; Louisiana, 1 of 64 parishes; Maryland, 20 of 23 counties; Michigan, 10 to 15 of 1,200 townships; Minnesota, 1 of 87 counties; New Jersey, 300 of 567 municipalities and 15 of 21 counties; New York, 70 of 900 municipalities; North Dakota, 7 of 53 counties; Pennsylvania, 13 of 420 municipalities; Vermont, 2 of 251 municipalities; and Wisconsin, 3 to 4 of 1,500 municipalities and 2 of 72 counties. Source: Ellefson et al.
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