Each tract will be ranked based on a scoring system
Priority points will be given to:
Limited Resource Landowners
Areas harvested due to pine bark beetle activity (A Georgia Foresty Commission (GFC) forester will investigate to insure that the tract actually had pine beetles within the past 2 growing seasons)
Properties in the Forest Stewardship Program as of January 1, 2012
The total score is determined by multiplying the total points by the SPB hazard multiplier for the county.
$5,000 max per landowner
Must plant at least 10 acres
No more than 726 seedlings per acre may be planted and there must be at least 350 properly planted seedlings per acre at the time of performance check
Lump sum payment comes after trees are successfully established
Any components already accomplished (such as site preparation or burning) should be subtracted from the allowable cost share rate
Practice Component Rates:
$50 per acre for Heavy Site Preparation– includes burning
$35 per acre for Longleaf Pine Containerized Seedlings
$30 per acre for Longleaf Pine Planting
$25 per acre for Longleaf Pine Bare Root Seedlings
$25 per acre for Light Site Prep (Chemical or Mechanical – could include an herbaceous herbicide application or scalping/subsoiling)
