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The Alabama Forestry Commission is announcing a cost-share assistance
program for non-industrial private forest landowners. The program is
designed to promote stewardship of Alabama’s natural resources by
encouraging landowners to begin a prescribed burning program on their forest
lands. AFC will provide assistance to non-industrial private forest
landowners for fire lanes and prescribed burning to reduce heavy fuel
build-up areas, to improve wildlife habitat, and to restore native species
to Alabama’s unique ecosystems of the State. A high risk for devastating
fires and control hazards exists as a result of downed trees, salvage
activities, and a trend of landowners’ reluctance to burn.
This program is funded through a federal grant, the Forest Land Enhancement
Program, as authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill and issued by the U.S.D.A.
Forest Service, Region 8.
The sign-up period for the Alabama Forestry Commission Prescribed Burning
Program is June 14 – July 14, 2006 at local Forestry Commission offices.
Contact your local AFC office or call the Landowner Assistance State
Coordinator, Arthur Hitt, at 334-240-9323 for more information.
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