Southern Illinois Oak Ecosystem Restoration (RCPP)
This RCPP project is using land management practices to work on oak ecosystem restoration activities in the project area to stop the loss of oak trees and create large, ecologically significant blocks of healthy oak dominant forests. Land management practices available to forest landowners in the project area are Forest Stand Improvement, Brush management, Prescribed Burning, etc.
Farm Eligibility
Does not specify
Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Pope, and Union.
Brush Management
- Conservation Cover
- Forest Management Plan
- Forest Stand Improvement
- Herbaceous Weed Treatment
- Prescribed Burning
- Tree/Shrub Site Preparation
- Tree-Shrub Pruning
- Wildlife Habitat Planting
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Money Matters
Does not specify
Varies by payment scenario
Refer to program category descriptions for general stackability potential. Reach out to the program contact for more information.
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Contracting Info
5 years
Basic farm information, field boundaries, crop history, and resource concerns. Most USDA programs require you to have an FSA farm and track number.
Support is typically provided by the local SWCD or NRCS office.
Most publicly funded programs have specific establishment and maintenance requirements that are provided by SWCD / NRCS.
Technical Info
Shawnee Resource Conservation Development, Inc.
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