§3871a Definitions

Summary

Defines key words for the regional conservation partnership program and names which conservation programs are included as "covered programs." Covered programs are: the agricultural conservation easement program; the environmental quality incentives program; the conservation stewardship program (but not the grassland conservation initiative under section 3839aa–25); the healthy forests reserve program (section 6571); the conservation reserve program (subpart B of part I of subchapter IV); and the programs the Secretary runs under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), except programs made for section 14 (16 U.S.C. 1012). Other defined words are: eligible activity — a conservation practice, agreement, easement, or similar measure that a covered program allows. Eligible land — farm land, private nonindustrial forest land, or nearby land where a covered activity would give conservation benefits. Eligible partner — groups like producer associations, state or local governments, Indian tribes, farmer cooperatives, water or irrigation districts and similar water delivery organizations, municipal water or wastewater entities, colleges, long-standing conservation organizations that work with producers or on watershed problems, the entity in section 3865a(3)(B), and conservation districts. Partnership agreement — the program-level agreement between the Secretary and an eligible partner under the rules in section 3871b. Program — the regional conservation partnership program. Program contract — the contract the Secretary makes with a producer under this subchapter; it does not include contracts made under the covered programs listed above.