Stewardship Incentives Program
Encyclopedia
The Stewardship Incentives Program (SIP) is a program administered by the United States Forest Service
through the Farm Service Agency
that provided up to 75% cost sharing for silvicultural activities implementing approved renewable resource plans. The program was terminated in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171), and replaced with the Forest Land Enhancement Program
(FLEP).
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, which encompass...
through the Farm Service Agency
Farm Service Agency
The Farm Service Agency is the USDA agency into which were merged several predecessor agencies, including the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service . The ASCS was, as the FSA is now, primarily tasked with the implementation of farm conservation and regulation laws around the country...
that provided up to 75% cost sharing for silvicultural activities implementing approved renewable resource plans. The program was terminated in the 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171), and replaced with the Forest Land Enhancement Program
Forest Land Enhancement Program
The Forest Land Enhancement Program was adopted in the 2002 farm bill as an amendment to the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 . FLEP replaces the Stewardship Incentives Program and the Forestry Incentives Program...
(FLEP).