14-—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 2. 1974
RECP Funds Will Help
Establish Conservation
The U. S. Department of Agriculture announced primary
details of a 1974 Rural Environmental Conservation Program
(RECP) to strengthen conservation and environmental
protection measures on American farms and to encourage
the development, management, and protection of nonin
dustrial private forest lands.
In December the Department announcedjthe initial RECP
funding level for calendar 1974 at |9O million, of which $lO
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million was initially earmarked for the Forestry incentives
effort.
The RECP which carries forward some features of the old
Rural Environmental Assistance Program (REAP) is
designed to share with farmers and forest landowners from
50 to 75 percent of the cost of carrying out approved forestry
and conservation practices.
Participation in this program is open to all eligible farmers
regardless of race, religion, color, sex or national origin.
The program is authorized by the Soil Conservation and
Domestic Allotment Act and the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973. The 1973 Act was signed into law by
President Richard M. Nixon on August 10,1973. The program
provides for both annual and long-term cost-sharing
agreements.
Under long-term agreements, essential practices and
practice cost-sharing will be scheduled over a period of 3 to 10
years. These agreements with farmers will be based on
whole farm conservation plans which have been approved by
appropriate officials. Requests for long-term agreements
will be accepted only in cases where the fanner has an ap
proved plan and has indicated he is ready to carry out a
scheduled practice during the current program year.
The special Forestry Inventives Program phase of RECP
will apply only in counties to be specifically designated for
this phase of the program. The counties will be designated by
the State ASC Committee after consulting with the State
Forester. Cost-sharing in these counties will be available to
owners of nonindustrial private forest lands for planting
trees for timber production and for improving a stand of
forest trees for timber production. Forest management plans
developed by foresters in consultation with the landowners
will be required as the basis for cost-sharing agreements for
all forestry practices in the designated counties.
Cost-sharing for regular forestry practices will also be
offered in counties that are not designated for the special
Forestry Incentives Program. In these counties forestry
practices must also provide improved protection against
wind or water erosion as well as provide for the production of
forest products.
Practices to be offered under the 1974 RECP for annual or
long-term agreements, include: establishing permanent
vegetative cover; improving permanent vegetative cover;
planting trees; improving a stand of forest trees; water
impoundment reservoirs, stripcropping; constructing
terrace systems; diversions; streambank stabilization;
permanent wildlife habitat; sediment retention; erosion or
water crontrol structures; sediment, chemical or water
runoff control measures; windbreaks or shelterbelts; and
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reorganizing irrigation systems. All are deaigned to provide
enduring protection to soil and water resources. In addition
state and county committees will have the opportunity to
develop, with appropriate Justification, other practices
needed to solve critical local conservation problems.
A draft environmental statement has been filed with the
Council on Environmental Quality and circulated for agency
and public comment. Program modifications will be con
sidered based on comments received during the review
period.
Several USDA agencies are involved in the operation of the
RECP. The program will be administered by the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service through
its farmer-elected committee system. The Soil Conservation
Service will provide technical assistance and advice and
recommendations on policies for soil and water conservation
practices including conservation planning needed for
longterm agreements.
The Forest Service will provide advice and recom
mendations on policies for all aspects of forestry practices
and technical service, including planning assistance to the
applicant. The Extension Service will provide educational
support and assistance for increasing the effectiveness of the
program.
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