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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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