NRCS Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program/FRPP

The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farmland in agricultural use.  Working through existing programs, the USDA joins with state, tribal, or local governments to acquire conservation easements or other interests from landowners.  The USDA provides up to 50 percent of the fair market easement value. The Program was established in the 1996 Farm Bill.  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 of what the land produces
• have adequate infrastructure and agricultural support services
• have surrounding parcels of land that can support long-term agricultural production

2007 Colorado FRPP Information

The 2007 Announcement of Program Funding for the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program is posted on www.grants.gov and on the NRCS national website: www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/frpp. Eligible entities have until 4:00 p.m. MDT on Friday April 27, 2007 to submit proposals to Gary Finstad, Easements Coordinator, at the address shown below. For additional information, contact Gary.
 

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Colorado Announcement of Program Funding

2007 FRPP Colorado Proposal Checklist

2007 Colorado FRPP Scoring System
 

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Last Modified: 03/16/2007