Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP)

On May 25, 2007, President George W. Bush signed into law the "U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007" (2007 Act). The 2007 Act authorizes LCP, LIP and CDP. It also authorizes funding for the Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP), Emergency Conservation Program and Dairy Disaster Assistance Program III (DDAP-III).

USDA recently announced sign-up for EFCRP and the distribution of funds to 18 states under ECP. USDA will announce and conduct sign-up for DDAP-III as soon as possible. USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) is charged with administering the programs.

More information about LCP, LIP and CDP is available in a fact sheet
titled, Agricultural Assistance Act of 2007, found on FSA's Web site,
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/ Click on Disaster Assistance Programs.

See a map of declared disaster areas that can qualify for this assistance.