Connecticut FRPP Sign-Up and Application Information

General Program Description

Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (formerly the Farmland Protection Program)  

The Farm and Ranchland Protection Program (FRPP) provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses. Working through existing programs, USDA partners with State, tribal, or local governments and non-governmental organizations to acquire permanent conservation easements from landowners. USDA provides up to 50 percent of the fair market easement value.

To qualify, farmland must: be part of a pending offer from a State, tribe, or local farmland protection program; be privately owned; have a conservation plan for highly erodible land; be large enough to sustain agricultural production; be accessible to markets for what the land produces; have adequate infrastructure and agricultural support services; and have surrounding parcels of land that can support long-term agricultural production. Depending on funding availability, proposals must be submitted by the eligible entities to the appropriate NRCS State Office during the application window.  The deadline for 2007 proposals is April 27, 2007.

National FRPP Program

2007/2006 FRPP General Program Description Documents

Some of the following documents require Adobe Acrobat . 

• FRPP 2007 Proposal Checklist 
• 2006 Connecticut FRPP Ranking Criteria
• FY2007 Announcement of Program Funding (180 KB)
• 2006 Ranking Sheet for FRPP Program Proposals (45 KB) 
• Connecticut FRPP Success Story - Jones Family Farm (130 KB) (HTML version)
• Connecticut FRPP Success Story - Valley Farm (130 KB) (HTML version)

Additional Information

• FRPP and Conservation Planning Brochure (175 KB) (HTML version)
• Important Farmland Maps (5 MB)
• Fact Sheet (National)
• Key Points
• Questions and Answers
• Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
• Comparing Federal FRPP Program with State of Connecticut FPP Program
• Final Rule, 7CFR 1491, July 27, 2006
• Public Law - Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
• Public Law - Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
• Final Rule, 7 CFR 1491, May 16, 2003
• NRCS Policy, 440-V-CPM, Part 519, FRPP
• Farmland Information Center
• National Environmental Policy Act Documents
• FRPP Policy, 440-V-CPM, Part 519
• Farmland Information Center
• National Environmental Policy Act Documents

Contact

Kipen J. Kolesinskas
FRPP Manager
Phone: (860) 871-4047

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Last Modified: 04/23/2008