The cost share assistance is through federal programs. Landowners may sign up for the programs at the Natural Resource Conservation Service or the Farm Services Agency offices. Cost-share programs include the Conservation Reserve Program, the Forestry Incentives Program, and the Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program. The Forest Stewardship Program recognizes and rewards landowners that are managing their forestlands according to a multiple-use concept. Landowners have access to resource professionals to assist them in obtaining a written forest management plan addressing multiple-use management.
Application is available for electronic submission.
Forest Inventory Data Forest Inventory and Analysis The Arkansas Forestry Commission in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station is responsible for collecting scientific data from permanently established plots located all over the state. Natural resource managers use the data to make management decisions. The inventory plots have been generating data since they were established in the 1950 s. The forest survey allows foresters to follow Arkansas natural resource trends through time. Prescribed Fire Prescribed fire is the use of fire in a controlled application to accomplish a specific conservation or land management objective.