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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 2 the state to the department of natural resources for the 1 3 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, 1 4 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to 1 5 be used for the purpose designated: 1 6 For statewide forestry and rural development through 1 7 forestry projects in cooperation with resource, conservation, 1 8 and development areas, as authorized under the Food and 1 9 Agriculture Act of 1962, 16 U.S.C. } 3451-3461, and 1 10 reauthorized under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 1 11 Trade Act of 1990, 16 U.S.C. } 3459-3461, and to administer 1 12 the program in cooperation with the United States department 1 13 of agriculture's natural resources conservation service: 1 14 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 The 1990 federal farm bill established the rural 1 17 development through forestry (RDTF) program, 7 U.S.C. } 6601- 1 18 6617. The program is administered by the United States 1 19 department of agriculture's forest service and implemented 1 20 through state forestry agencies. Iowa was designated as a 1 21 pilot state under the federal RDTF program. 1 22 Rural development through forestry, as administered by the 1 23 department of natural resources, provides matching grants to 1 24 local entities for economic development based on forest 1 25 resources. In the state of Iowa's pilot program, local 1 26 projects were identified and carried out primarily through 1 27 nine resource, conservation, and development (RC&D) areas. 1 28 RC&D areas are private, not-for-profit corporations that 1 29 are organized pursuant to chapter 504A of the Code of Iowa. 1 30 RC&D areas are locally governed by volunteer directors with 1 31 required representation by the county boards of supervisors, 1 32 the local soil and water conservation districts, and local 1 33 people interested in the program. The purpose of RC&D areas 1 34 is grass-roots directed development of human, economic, and 1 35 natural resources. RC&D areas were authorized under the Food 2 1 and Agriculture Act of 1962, 16 U.S.C. } 3451-3461, and 2 2 reauthorized under the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 2 3 Trade Act of 1990, 16 U.S.C. } 3459-3461. 2 4 This bill appropriates $1,000,000 from the general fund of 2 5 the state to the department of natural resources for the 2 6 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, 2 7 for statewide forestry and rural development through forestry 2 8 projects in cooperation with RC&D areas and to administer the 2 9 program in cooperation with the United States department of 2 10 agriculture's natural resources conservation service. 2 11 LSB 3479HH 76 2 12 kah/cf/24.1
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