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Klamath Basin eligible for Farm Bill Funds
Published May 18, 2003
The federal Department of Agriculture has identified four national areas eligible for a share of $49.9 million in Farm Bill funds this year.
Under the Grassland Reserve Program, ranchers and farmers can get paid for placing native grassland areas into conservation easements.
Easements will be available in 10-, 15-, 20- or 30-year arrangements.
Under the program, lands entered in an easement can be used only for haying, mowing or harvesting for seed production.
Land owners will be able to submit applications for the program from June 16 to Sept. 30.
No more than two million acres of grassland nationwide will be admitted into the program. Half of the program's funds will be distributed to each state in proportion to its estimated eligible acreage. The remaining funds will be held in a national reserve.
Target areas include portions of eastern Idaho; the Klamath River Basin in California and Oregon; Rio Grande River watersheds in New Mexico and Texas; drought-affected areas in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming; and lesser prairie chicken habitat in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
The federal Department of Agriculture has identified four national areas eligible for a share of $49.9 million in Farm Bill funds this year.
Under the Grassland Reserve Program, ranchers and farmers can get paid for placing native grassland areas into conservation easements.
Easements will be available in 10-, 15-, 20- or 30-year arrangements.
Under the program, lands entered in an easement can be used only for haying, mowing or harvesting for seed production.
Land owners will be able to submit applications for the program from June 16 to Sept. 30.
No more than two million acres of grassland nationwide will be admitted into the program. Half of the program's funds will be distributed to each state in proportion to its estimated eligible acreage. The remaining funds will be held in a national reserve.
Target areas include portions of eastern Idaho; the Klamath River Basin in California and Oregon; Rio Grande River watersheds in New Mexico and Texas; drought-affected areas in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming; and lesser prairie chicken habitat in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
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