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The Forestry Title of the 1990 Farm Bill, signed into law on November 28,1990, provided a comprehensive national policy for the management, protection,and enhancement of the nation's 353 million acres of privately owned nonindustrial forest land. Two new USDA Forest Service programs were authorized under the legislation, the Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) and the Stewardship Incentive Program (SIP).The USDA Forest Service operates the FSP in cooperation with State Forestry agencies and newly created State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committees to deliver management planning assistance to landowners who have an interest in enhancing and protecting multiple forest values on their land.Comprehensive management plans are prepared for qualifying landowners by foresters and, in many cases, by teams of natural resource specialists. Plans are tailored to meet the specific objectives of each landowner and specifically address environmental, economic, and social values. An approved Forest Stewardship management plan is a prerequisite to ining cost-share assistance under SIP. There are even funds under SIP to help landowners with the cost of hiring private consultants to develop the stewardship plan. While all federal forestry cost-share programs provide technical assistance for practice design and installation, along with standards for compliance before payments are made to landowners, SIP goes a step further because of its direct link to comprehensive whole property planning provided by the FSP. The emphasis placed on managing all forest-related resources, coupled with the synthesis of comprehensive technical assistance tied to financial incentives, makes the Forest Stewardship Program and the Stewardship Incentive Program a unique combination that will likely impact the direction of forest policy in the years to come. The Forestry Incentives Program (FIP), which also provides financial incentives for forestry practices on nonindustrial private forest land, was scheduled to terminate on December 31, 1995, under provisions of the 1990 Farm Bill. Originally, Congress had intended that SIP would replace FIP after its sunset date.The 1996 Farm Bill, however, extended FIP to the year 2002.
Fiscal Year: fy97 ·
Problem Area: pa98-5 ·
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New, B. D., F. W. Cubbage, and R. J. Moulton. 1997. The Stewardship Incentive Program, 1992-1994: An Accomplishment and Program Review. SCFER Working Paper(83):1-37. The Southeastern Center for Forest Economics Research,Research Triangle Park, NC.
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