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CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENT
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NASDA policy generally
supports efforts to conserve and manage lands to improve environmental
resources with emphasis on providing incentives, technical, and financial
assistance through voluntary programs.
Policy No. 7.1 Working Partnership Between Agriculture and the Environment Policy No. 7.2 Foundation Principles. Policy No. 7.3 Programs Tools Policy No. 7.4 Implementation of Water Quality Standards Program Policy No. 7.5 Water Quantity Policy No. 7.6 Endangered Species Policy No. 7.7 Wetlands |
| Highly Erodible Land Conservation | No specific policy statement. Policy No 7.3 Resource Management generally encourages voluntary Resource Management Plans (RMPs) as most effective way to address environmental quality issues. |
| Wetland Conservation | Policy No 7.7 primarily directed to wetlands regulatory reform needed under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). |
| Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) | Policy No 7.3 generally supports current CRP enrollment of 36.4 million acres. |
| Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) | No specific policy. Previous policy recommended WRP level of at least 1.5 million acres by year 2000. |
| Conservation Farm Option | No specific policy. Policy No 7.3 Technical Assistance generally supports. |
| Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program | Policy 7.2 Foundation Principles.
Policy No 7.3 Resource Management Plans, Technical Assistance. |
| Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) | Policy No 7.2 Foundation
Principles,
Policy No 7.3 Resource Management Plans, Technical Assistance. |
| Grazing on Private Lands | No specific policy. Policy No 7.2 Private Property Rights. |
| Risk Reduction on Flood-prone Cropland | No specific policy. |
| Farmland Protection Program | Policy No 7.3 Farmland
Protection.
Policy No 7.3 Easements. |
| State Technical Committees | No specific policy. |
| Forestry Provisions | No specific policy. |
| By-Pass Water Flows on Forest Service Lands | No specific policy. Policy No. 8.1 Federal Land Management indirectly relates. |
| Everglades | No specific policy. |
| Wildlife Habitat | Policy No. 7.2 Foundation
Principles and Private Property Rights.
Policy No 7.3 Program Tools Policy No. 7.6 Threatened and Endangered Species. |
| Resource Conservation Development | No specific policy. Policy No 7.3 Technical Assistance provides general policy. |
| Natural Resource Conservation Foundation | No specific policy. |