Summer 2005

Cost-Share Programs for Private Landowners

Since it was initiated in 2003, the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention and Restoration Program has distributed millions of dollars to the 13 States of the Southeast. Ten of these States provide cost-share funding to private landowners to thin forests or replant trees. Details of each State's program can be found at the following websites:

Alabama: http://www.forestry.state.al.us/Forest_Management/spb/spb_ prevention_program.htm

Arkansas: http://www.forestry.state. ar.us/protect/protect.html#Insects

Florida: http://www.fl -dof.com/forest_ management/fh_insects_spb_index.html

Georgia: http://www.gfc.state.ga.us/ ForestManagement/spb.cfm

Louisiana: http://www.ldaf.state.la.us/ divisions/forestry/default.asp

North Carolina: http://www.dfr.state. nc.us/health/health_spbpp.htm

South Carolina: http://www.state.sc.us/ forest/id.htm

Tennessee: http://www.state.tn.us/ agriculture/forestry/pinebeetle.html

Texas: http://texasforestservice.tamu. edu/shared/article.asp?DocumentID=900

Virginia: http://www.dof.virginia.gov/ mgt/cip-fact-pbbp.shtml.

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For general information about the program, see the Forest Health Protection website at http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/programs/managing_natives.shtml

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