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North Carolina Bulletin No. 300-5-5 <br />Page 3 5 <br />Planning to the resource management system (RMS) level is desirable and should be <br />encouraged. If the plan does not meet the RMS level of planning, then the NRCS planning <br />policy on progressive planning will be followed (i.e. the plan will list and explain the practices <br />needed to reach the RMS level). However, at a minimum, conservation plans on all enrolled <br />land must meet the criteria as outlined in Attachment 2, FRPP Conservation Planning <br />Requirements. <br />Questions concerning the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program should be addressed first <br />to the local NRCS field office, then to the appropriate NRCS area office, and then to the <br />program manager, Dick Fowler. <br />Information on the web can be found at: <br />htto:l/www.nres. usda.oov/programs/frnp <br />Proposals from eligible entities should be forwarded to: <br />Dick Y. Fowler <br />USDA-NRCS <br />4405 Bland Road, Suite 205 <br />Raleigh, NC 27609 <br />All proposal packages should address and include each of the items listed in the request for <br />proposals, <br />The attached NRCS Farmland Protection Program ranking worksheet should be completed and <br />submitted for each farm included in the proposal. Please note that the part 6 of the ranking <br />worksheet must be completed by the local NRCS district conservationist and SWCD <br />representative. <br />Narratives should be submitted to cover any required items that are not addressed by the <br />worksheet or any item in the worksheet that the applicant feels would benefit from additional <br />clarification. The Summary of Pending Easement Offers (Attachment 4) should be completed <br />with information for all farms included in the proposal. Incomplete proposal packets may result <br />in the proposal not being considered far funding. <br />A Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program committee will evaluate proposals and a <br />prioritized recommendation for funding will be sent to the NRCS State Conservationist for <br />consideration. The numerical score from the ranking worksheet, along with all other supporting <br />data, will be used to prioritize funding requests. The State Conservationist will determine the <br />funding amounts for the successful applicants. The program manager will notify all entities as to <br />their funding status once final allocations are determined. Funding decisions are expected to be <br />available within 30 days after the close of the Request For Proposals. All funds must be <br />encumbered to agreements with eligible entities by September 30, 2005. <br /> <br />Mary K. Combs <br />State Conservationist <br />Attachments <br />