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Series
Technical report volume TR07-6
Publisher
Colorado State University, Agricultural Experiment Station
Pub. Date
[2007]
Author
Series
Technical report volume TR02-1
Publisher
Colorado State University, Agricultural Experiment Station
Pub. Date
[2001 i.e. 2002]
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Series
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-05
Publisher
Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The Conservation Stewardship Program functions by encouraging stewardship on agricultural lands, cropland, grassland, pastureland, rangeland and non-industrial private forest land by providing financial assistance to producers who meet program requirements.
Author
Publisher
Colorado State University, Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Conservation easements are a primary public policy tool to encourage stewardship of public benefits from private lands. The landowner can receive compensation for entering into an easement agreement up to the amount of economic loss suffered due to the restriction, also known as opportunity cost. Conservation programs will be more attractive to landowners if they can capture a greater share of the public good generated through the easement rather...
Author
Series
REDI report volume 2020, October
Publisher
Colorado State University, Regional Economic Development Institute
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
The policy and institutional milieu surrounding private lands conservation using conservation easements in Colorado is complex and can involve local, state, and federal agencies, for profit and not-for-profit service providers and organizations, as well as landowners. Here, we focus on state level taxpayer supported programs, but our alternatives are informed by the variety of compensatory programs and mechanisms in Colorado and elsewhere.
Author
Series
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-01
Publisher
Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Focused on Agricultural Act of 2014 Title II: Conservation, which provides funding for thirteen conservation programs. The Conservations Title's purpose is to ensure the provision of clean water, abundant and safe food, the protection of wildlife from excessive disruption, and a conservation of the agricultural way of life.
11) Economic impact of future federal conservation easement investments on (rural) Colorado communities
Author
Series
REDI report volume 2020, June
Publisher
Colorado State University, Regional Economic Development Institute
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
This policy brief aims to increase understanding of expenditure patterns and economic impacts stemming from $88.9 million federal agricultural conservation easement program payments to the state of Colorado. An anticipated $195 million in generated economic activity and more than 1,200 jobs from federal agricultural conservation easement payments is a sizable and important contribution to the state. Anticipated easement payments will provide an...
Author
Series
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-06
Publisher
Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is designed to help agricultural producers and non-industrial forestland owners meet environmental standards set by the Federal, State, Tribal and local governments by providing financial and technical assistance on select projects. Financial assistance is available for conservation practices that address natural resource issues including the improvement of soil, water, plant, animal, or air resources.
Author
Series
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-02
Publisher
Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (AECP) is to provide easements for the long-term restoration and protection of environmentally sensitive lands from being developed or converted to non-agricultural uses. The program focuses on conserving agricultural land as well as wet-lands and their related benefits. These two functions are evaluated separately, maintaining some of the distinction implied by having separate programs.
Author
Series
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-04
Publisher
Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is new for 2014. RCPP serves to integrate regional and watershed level management of natural resources and conservation activities and to facilitate cooperation between state or local government, producer associations, and producers. Projects that the program focuses on include water quality and quantity, soil erosion, wild-life habitat, drought mitigation, flood control, and other regional priorities
Author
Series
Agricultural and resource policy report volume ARPR 14-03
Publisher
Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
The Conservation Reserve Program is a voluntary land conservation program established in 1985. Its long term goal is to improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, and reduce loss of wildlife habitat through the removal of environmentally sensitive lands from agricultural production. The contracts through the Farm Service Administration (FSA) provide yearly rental payments to farmers who enroll in the program. These contracts are ten to fifteen years...
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