Sign-up for USDA’s Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program will resume Aug. 6. The program helps landowners and operators in Alabama, Florida and four other states restore and enhance the approximate 5.6 million acres of forestland damaged by the hurricanes of 2005.
A list of eligible counties is available in the “Counties Eligible for 2005 Crop and Livestock Hurricane Assistance Programs” fact sheet found online.
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