Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP)

South Carolina NRCS announces prioritized funding sign up period for HFRP from April 1-May 1, 2011.

For the 2011 sign up, SC NRCS has identified the Salkehatchie Watershed, ACE (Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto) Basin, and the area immediately surrounding the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge as priority areas.
 

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Healthy Forests Reserve Program News Release 2011 (PDF; 37 KB)
HFRP in South Carolina-Longleaf Pine Habitat 2011 Factsheet (PDF; 814 KB)

Eligible lands must be part of the historic longleaf ecosystem located in all or portions of the following counties:
Aiken, Lexington, Richland, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Marlboro, Darlington, Lee, Sumter, Calhoun, Orangeburg, Bamberg, Barnwell, Allendale, Hampton, Jasper, Beafort, Colleton, Dorchester, Charleston, Berkeley, Clarendon, Florence, Dillon, Marion, Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Edgefield, and Saluda.

In South Carolina, the HFRP is expected to promote a suite of species, including the following threatened and endangered species:

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker; Flatwoods salamander; Smooth Coneflower; Pondberry; Canby’s Dropwort; American Chaffseed; Pine or Gopher Snake; Painted Bunting; Florida Pine Snake; Eastern Fox Squirrel; Brown-headed Nuthatch; Mimic glass lizard; American Kestrel; Gopher Tortoise; Southern Hog-nose Snake; Pine-barrens Tree Frog; Timber Rattlesnake; Eastern Diamond Back Rattlesnake; Northern Bobwhite

Overview

The Healthy Forest Reserve Program (HFRP) is a program established to provide financial assistance to private landowners to undertake projects that restore and enhance forest ecosystems to help promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species, improve biodiversity; and enhance carbon sequestration. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated authority to implement HFRP to the NRCS Chief.

Funding

South Carolina NRCS has a total of $1 million in financial assistance available to assist eligible landowners in FY 2011.

Enrollment Options

1. A 10-year cost-share agreement,
2. A 30-year easement,
3. A permanent easement

For additional information in South Carolina contact:

Additional Information

National HFRP Program Web Site

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