Chesapeake Working Lands Conservation Strategy
This joint publication from the U.S. Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service includes recommendations for conserving forests, conserving farms and strengthening conservation partnerships.
Description
Working lands—and the farmers and forest landowners who care for them—are at the heart of the heritage and character of this region. This strategy highlights trends, priorities, current programs and new incentives for forest conservation and stewardship, describes strategies for keeping farmers on the land, and emphasizes integrated partnership approaches across farm and forest land to target priorities at various scales. Each section ends with a set of partnership recommendations that builds on themes and ideas from state meetings held with conservation partners. Recommendations are intended for federal, state, local and nongovernmental partners, with the understanding that some ideas will be more relevant to particular organizations and places than others.
Category: Report