Rep. Golden: Maine Delegation Presses USDA to Protect Rural Forest Economy, Change New Guidance on Nonindustrial Forests
February 06, 2021
February 06, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release:
Maine's congressional delegation wrote to the United States Department of Agriculture this week to express their concerns with the agency's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) guidance for nonindustrial private forest land (NIPF). In December 2020, the agency proposed a threshold for acreage at which a landowner qualifies as NIPF in NRCS programs, which the lawmakers note could h . . .
Maine's congressional delegation wrote to the United States Department of Agriculture this week to express their concerns with the agency's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) guidance for nonindustrial private forest land (NIPF). In December 2020, the agency proposed a threshold for acreage at which a landowner qualifies as NIPF in NRCS programs, which the lawmakers note could h . . .