Lead Agency/ Resources Program Eligibility What is Offered Participant Obligations Contact Addressed FORESTRY PROGRAMS Healthy Forests USDA - NRCS Non-industrial Restoring and Easement purchase, Develop and follow a Reserve Program private forest enhancing forest cost-share dollars restoration and an (HFRP) landowners in ecosystems to: operation & maintenance targeted geographic recover threatened plan; if necessary, assist areas and endangered with restoration cost species, improve biodiversity; and enhance carbon sequestration Indiana Woodland IDNR-Forestry Non-industrial Managing forest Cost-share dollars Follow a prescribed Restoration private forest lands, water quality, for forest practice plan and assist Program (IWRP) landowners soil erosion restoration and with practice installation (limited (minimum of 10 enhancement costs availability) acres) Indiana Classified IDNR-Forestry Privately owned with Managing forest Property tax Enrolled lands must be Forest and nimum of 10 soil erosion, e reduction and protected from contiguous acres at written development, livestock Wildlands Program habitat (CF&W) support a growth of management plan; grazing, and wildfire; native or planted Green certification landowners must also trees, grass, or available on follow in the management eligible forested plan provided tracts Forest Legacy IDNR-Forestry Forest and Managing forest Conservation compatible lands, water quality, agreements landsignatedeas soil erosion, wildlife (easements) to habitat restrict development and retain forest for traditional forest uses
Program Lead Agency/ Contact Eligibility Resources Addressed What is Offered Participant Obligations FORESTRY PROGRAMS Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) USDA - NRCS Non-industrial private forest landowners in targeted geographic areas Restoring and enhancing forest ecosystems to: recover threatened and endangered species, improve biodiversity; and enhance carbon sequestration Easement purchase, cost-share dollars Develop and follow a restoration and an operation & maintenance plan; if necessary, assist with restoration cost Indiana Woodland Restoration Program (IWRP) (limited availability) IDNR-Forestry Non-industrial private forest landowners (minimum of 10 acres) Managing forest lands, water quality, soil erosion Cost-share dollars for forest restoration and enhancement Follow a prescribed practice plan and assist with practice installation costs Indiana Classified Forest and Wildlands Program (CF&W) IDNR-Forestry Privately owned with nimum of 10 contiguous acres at support a growth of native or planted trees, grass, or Managing forest soil erosion, e habitat Property tax reduction and written management plan; Green certification available on eligible forested tracts Enrolled lands must be protected from development, livestock grazing, and wildfire; landowners must also follow in the management plan provided Forest Legacy IDNR-Forestry Forest and compatible landsignatedeas Managing forest lands, water quality, soil erosion, wildlife habitat Conservation agreements (easements) to restrict development and retain forest for traditional forest uses