Forest Land Enhancemen

t Program“Promoting active management of KS woodlands and windbreaks by providing financial incentives to landowners to implement forestry practices”

A product of Forestry Title VIII of the 2002 FarmBill

Goodbye to FIP and SIP $100 million dollar program thru 2007 FY2003 allocation to KS was $122,255;

anticipate $61,128 FY2004 Administrated by the Kansas Forest Service

with guidance from the Forest Stewardship Committee

Objectives of FLEPForest Land Enhancement Program

To encourage landowners to actively manage their timber

To enhance the productivity of timber, fish, wildlife habitat, soil and water quality, wetlands, and recreational resources

FLEP Covers 75% of the Cost to Plant Trees and Implement Management Practices in Woodlands and Windbreaks

Who is Eligible for the Program?

Private landowners state-wideLandowners who own 40 contiguous acres or more

Landowners must have a management plan prepared by their local forester

A service provided by the KFS

FLEP 2 Afforestation/Reforestation

Tree planting for commercial timber production and other objectives such as wildlife habitat

FLEP 3 Forest Stand Improvement

Thinning, release, pruning or protecting woodlands to

increase tree growth

Alley Cropping

FLEP 4 AgroforestryTree planting for windbreak systems. Renovation

of mature windbreaks

FLEP 5 Water Quality Improvement and Watershed Protection

Tree planting adjacent to streams and rivers to improve water quality and protection of

riparian areas

Cheyenne Rawlins Decatur Norton Phillips Smith

Sherman Thomas Sheridan Graham Rooks

Wallace Logan Gove Trego Ellis

Osborne

Russell

Greeley Wichita Scott Lane Ness Rush Barton

Hamilton Kearny Finney

Barber

Hodgeman

Pawnee

Stanton Grant Haskell

Morton Stevens Seward

Gray

Meade

Ford

Clark

Edwards

Kiowa

Comanche

Jewell Republic Washington

Mitchell

Cloud

Lincoln

Ellsworth

Ottawa

Saline

Rice

Harper

Kingman

Reno Harvey

Sedgwick

Sumner

McPherson

Cowley

Butler

Marion

Dickin-son

Morris

Wa-baunsee

Chase

Green-wood

Elk

Chautauqua

Mont-gomery

LabetteCherokee

Wilson NeoshoCrawford

Woodson Allen Bourbon

Lyon

CoffeyLinn

Osage

Franklin Miami

DouglasJohnson

Jefferson

Wyandotte

Riley Potta-watomie

Clay

Leaven-worth

JacksonAtchison

Geary

Shawnee

Marshall Nemaha Brown

Doniphan

Stafford

Pratt

NW

SW

NE

SCSE

NC

Continuous Sign UpContact your local district forester, request a

management plan and fill out a 1 page application form

Anderson

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