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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.
2007/2006 FRPP General Program
Description Documents
Some of the following documents require Adobe Acrobat
.
Additional Information
- FRPP
and Conservation Planning Brochure (175 KB) (HTML
version)
- Important
Farmland Maps (5 MB)
- Fact
Sheet (National)
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Key
Points
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Questions
and Answers
- Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
- Comparing Federal FRPP Program with State of
Connecticut FPP Program
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Final Rule, 7CFR 1491, July 27, 2006
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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
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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
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