Establishing priority for enrollment in HFRP.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) (1) Estimated conservation benefit to habitat required by threatened or endangered species listed under section 4 of the ESA; (2) Estimated conservation benefit to habitat required by species not listed (3) Estimated improvement of biological diversity, if enrolled; (4) Potential for increased capability of carbon sequestration, if enrolled; (5) Availability of contribution of non-Federal funds; (6) Significance of forest ecosystem functions and values; (7) Estimated cost-effectiveness of the particular restoration cost-share agreement, contract, or easement, and associated HFRP restoration plan; and (8) Other factors identified in a HFRP sign-up notice. (b) NRCS may place higher priority on certain forest ecosystems based regions of the State or multi-State area where restoration of forestland may better achieve NRCS programmatic and sign-up goals and objectives. (c) Notwithstanding any limitation of this part, NRCS may enroll eligible lands at any time in order to encompass project areas subject to multiple land ownership or otherwise to achieve program objectives. Similarly, NRCS may, at any time, exclude otherwise eligible lands if the participation of the adjacent landowners is essential to the successful restoration of the forest ecosystem and those adjacent landowners are unwilling to participate. (d) If available funds are insufficient to accept the highest ranked application, and the applicant is not interested in reducing the acres offered to match available fun

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 625.6