It also will make existing programs much more accessible to private landowners. The agreements will designate important natural resources on a property for special attention and care, proscribing recommended management practices for the landowner to carry out in order to maintain, care for and improve these resources. It will allow landowners to maintain intact habitat and restore native habitat on properties. The Farmland Stewardship Program will provide payments for maintaining the natural features of a property that society wishes to protect not on what a landowner gives up. Hence, the FSP provides a means of creating a market value for these natural features.
Provisional contracts pay for all technical services required to establish an agreement.
They can be used to establish a Farmland Stewardship Agreement or any other type of conservation program, permit or agreement on private land. These contracts will take on the form and duration of the programs that are assembled and incorporated together into the contract. These fees may be set by adopting private sector market prices for the performance of similar services or by competitive bidding. Annual base payment, plus annual per acre stewardship fees , similar to those now offered by the USDA s Conservation Reserve Program. The agreements will compensate the landowner for all services provided .