Cie-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 11, 1991 HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania will receive $466,700 for new urban and com munity tree planting programs under a plan announced recently by Gov. Robert P. Casey at the Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Asso ciation’s Arbor Day ceremony in Harrisburg. The funding from the U.S. Fore st Service is part of President Bush’s America the Beautiful National Tree Planting Initiative and will be used to encourage com munities to plant and maintain public trees. The program includes hiring the state’s first full-time urban forestry extension instructor at Penn State University and four regional urban forestry coordinators who will help communities develop tree planting projects and local shade tree ordinances. The remaining funds will be dis tributed through challenge grants to be awarded to local govern ments and civic groups for the planting of trees along streets, in parks or greenbelts. Special grants also will be available to non-profit organizations to promote volun teer training for local urban fore stry projects. All grants will be awarded by a newly formed Urban and Com munity Forestry Council that includes representatives from the Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Asso ciation, Penn State University, Pennsylvania Electric Company, Metropolitair Edison, Pennsylva nia Association of Conservation Districts, Pennsylvania Forestry Association, Root’s Nurseries, Municipal Arborists, and the Pen nsylvania Department of Environ mental Resources' Bureau of Fore- Grants For Local Tree Plantings Released stry. The Council will announce a timetable for the 1991 grant awards later this summer. Pennsylvania is one of six states in the northeast region to serve as a pilot program for the $16.6 million National Tree Planting Initiative. With a progressive urban forestry program already in place, the com monwealth received funding total ing more than three times the base amount awarded to other states. In addition to the National Tree USDA Issues Payment Limitation WASHINGTON. D.C. Sec retary of Agriculture Edward Madigan recently announced that husbands and wives may qualify as separate persons under the Commodity Credit Corporation’s payment-limitation rules if they do not receive payment from more than one source. Madigan said the final rule also clarifies that an interest in an estate will not be considered another source. These amendments form part of the final rules that govern the sta tutory payment-limitation and payment-eligibility provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990. Agricultural producers receive payments for participating in programs that help adjust pro duction and may add to the sound ness of the environment. Madigan said the new payment limitation and payment-eligibility rules modify existing rules, affect ing the following: For the first time, the wool and mohair programs fall under pay- Planting Initiative, Pennsylvania currently administers the follow ing urban forestry programs: • Municipal Tree Restoration Program. A cooperative effort including utility companies, Penn State University, and the state Bureau of Forestry. Replaces trees growing under power lines with healthy and more desirable species. • Penn ReLeaf. A cooperative ment limitation rules. In 1991, payments for each program are limited to $200,000 per person. In addition, each person must be “actively engaged in fanning.” A new inheritance provision allows producers who inherit land subject to a Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract to cam Talks About DOVER, Del. A delegation from Prince Edward Island, Cana da’s largest exporter of seed pota toes, recently visited Delaware to discuss the reopening of seed sales. 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Scientific officials are from the provinical and federal depart ments of agriculture. “Prince Edward Island is taking major steps to eradicate the virus,” said Ellis. “The objective is com plete eradication this year, in order to restore the Island’s disease-free status.” Huestis said that the Delaware market is an important one for Prince Edward Island. “The ban on the export of seed sales to the U.S. has had a devastating effect Rebate And Are “Cash Only” Plus Freight & Assembly ERB ft HENRY EQUIP., INC. M.M. WEAVER ft SONS New Berilnvllls, PA 169 N. Grolldale Rd. One Mile North of Boyertown Leola, Pa. 215-367-2169 717-656-2321 MELVIN J. SHEERER, STOUFFER BROS. TRIPLE H EQUIPMENT INC. 1065 Lincoln Way West RD 1 Box 141 121 Railroad St. Chambareburg, Pa. Peach Bottom, Pa. Hanover, Pa. 717-263-8424 717-548-3775 717-637-3808 ELLIOTT EQUIP. H.B. DUVALL ft HARDWARE Ml East Patrick St. Rt. 328 It Elliott Rd. 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