Grasslands Reserve Program
Template:Short description The Grasslands Reserve Program (GRP) was a United States government program, administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, that provided financial assistance to farmers and landowners to restore grasslands.[1] The 2002 farm bill authorized enrollment of Script error: No such module "convert". of restored or improved grassland, range land and pastureland under temporary and permanent easements, or contracts of at least 10 years.[2] Under the GRP enrolled land must be in parcels that exceed Script error: No such module "convert".. Technical assistance was provided to restore grasslands. A total of $254 million in mandatory funding from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) was provided between Fiscal Years 2003 and 2007. It also provided cost sharing payments at 75% to restore disturbed grasslands and 90% to protect virgin grasslands.
Congress, in the 2014 Farm Bill, consolidated the GRP into the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program.[1][3]
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- ↑ United States. Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. Pub. L. 107–171 (text) (PDF). Sec. 2401. Approved 2002-05-13.
- ↑ United States. Agricultural Act of 2014. Pub. L. 113–79 (text) (PDF) Approved 2014-02-07.
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