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Forest Land
Enhancement
Program
“Promoting active management of KS woodlands
and windbreaks by providing financial incentives to
landowners to implement forestry practices”
 A product of Forestry Title VIII of the 2002
FarmBill
 Goodbye to FIP and SIP
 $100 million dollar program thru 2007
 FY2003 allocation to KS was $122,255;
anticipate $61,128 FY2004
 Administrated by the Kansas Forest Service
with guidance from the Forest Stewardship
Committee
Objectives of FLEP
Forest Land Enhancement Program
 To encourage landowners to actively manage
their timber
 To enhance the productivity of timber, fish,
wildlife habitat, soil and water quality, wetlands,
and recreational resources
FLEP Covers 75% of the
Cost to Plant Trees and
Implement Management
Practices in Woodlands
and Windbreaks
Who is Eligible for the Program?
 Private landowners state-wide
 Landowners who own 40
contiguous acres or more
Landowners
must have a
management
plan prepared
by their local
forester
A service
provided
by the KFS
FLEP 2 Afforestation/Reforestation
Tree planting for
commercial
timber production
and other
objectives such as
wildlife habitat
FLEP 3 Forest Stand
Improvement
Thinning, release, pruning or
protecting woodlands to
increase tree growth
FLEP 4 Agroforestry
Tree planting for windbreak systems. Renovation
of mature windbreaks
Alley Cropping
FLEP 5 Water Quality Improvement
and Watershed Protection
Tree planting adjacent to streams and rivers
to improve water quality and protection of
riparian areas
Continuous Sign Up
Contact your local district forester, request a
management plan and fill out a 1 page application form
Cheyenne
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Decatur
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Smith
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NW
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Ellis
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Scott
Lane
Ness
Rush
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NC ik
Dickinson
Russell
i
Greeley
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Riley
Clay
Mitchell
Geary
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i
Wyandotte
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Barton
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Miami
Anderson
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Marion
Chase
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Hamilton
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Finney
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Stafford
Harvey
Reno
SW
Stanton
Grant
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i
Haskell
Meade
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Stevens
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Greenwood
Butler
Gray
Johnson
Osage
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i
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