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Grassland Reserve Program (GRP)The Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) is a voluntary program offering landowners the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance grasslands and shrubland on their property. The Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency coordinate implementation of GRP. The program will conserve vulnerable grasslands from conversion to other uses and valuable grasslands for wildlife uses in New Hampshire. GRP offers producers several enrollment options: permanent easements, 30-year easements, rental agreements (10, 15, 20, or 30-year duration) and restoration agreements. For permanent easements, USDA makes a payment based on the fair market value of the property less the grazing value. For 30-year easements, USDA pays 30 percent of what would be paid for a permanent easement. For rental agreements, USDA pays 75 percent of the grazing value in annual payments for the length of the agreement. Additional information is also available from the National GRP web site. Check here for the latest program information in New Hampshire concerning the
Fiscal Year 2005 GRP Program. These documents require
Adobe Acrobat. The following are archived documents from the FY2004 GRP program. These documents require
Adobe Acrobat. The following are archived documents from the FY2003
GRP program. These documents require
Adobe Acrobat. For more information, please contact your local NRCS Conservation
District Office or Jim
Spielman,
NRCS Program Specialist, at 603-868-7581. |
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