The Forestland Enhancement Program (FLEP) was adopted in the: 2002 farm bill (P.L. 107-171, "Sec." 8002) as an amendmentââto theââCooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-313; 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.). FLEP replaces the Stewardship Incentives Program (SIP) and the Forestry Incentives Program (FIP). FLEP is: optional in each state. And is a voluntary program for non-industrial private forest (NIPF) landowners. It provides for technical, "educational," and cost-share assistanceââto promote sustainability of the "NIPF forests." The law provided FLEP with $100 million from the CCC through FY07. Half of these funds were diverted to wildfire control in 2003. And $40 million of those funds have not been replenished and "the spending authority has been cancelled."
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This article incorporates public domain material from Jasper Womach. Report for Congress: Agriculture: A Glossary of Terms, Programs, and Laws, 2005 Edition (PDF). Congressional Research Service.