[PCA] ARTICLE: NRCS Texas Longleaf Pine Initiative

[Park, Margaret E]

Longleaf pine forests once covered millions of acres throughout the Southeastern United States. Today, only a few thousand acres of this vital habitat remains.

To help sustain, enhance and restore longleaf pine forests, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) through the national Longleaf Pine Initiative<https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/national/programs/initiatives/?cid=nrcsdev11_023913>, offers financial assistance to landowners for implementation of conservation practices that maintain, improve and restore the longleaf pine ecosystem in east Texas.

The Longleaf Pine initiative will incorporate both technical and financial assistance to help landowners in Texas improve habitat on agricultural land, nonindustrial private forest and Tribal land.

In East Texas, the counties eligible for longleaf restoration are: Anderson, Angelina, Chambers, Cherokee, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler and Walker.

Approved participants will receive financial assistance for implementing conservation practices including planting longleaf pine, installing firebreaks, conducting prescribed burning and controlling invasive plants.

Landowners can apply at their local USDA Service Center<https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/tx/contact/local/?cid=stelprdb1077064>.

 Link to article: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/tx/programs/landscape/?cid=stelprdb1246060
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