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Report to County Conmtissioners Cabarrus County Page - 3 - Lm]do~ers in the county now have tin'ce progrm~s available which will pay uo to 60 percent of the cost of l~-ud preparation and tree planting. They a~e the Forestry Incentive Program (F~) &nd the Agric~t~ Conservation Program (ACP). These programs ~e ~ministered t}~ough the ASCS Office. The other program is the North C~olina Forest Dev~lopnent ~ogr~m. T~s program is a~inistered t~ough the North C~olina Forest Service. a. Forestry Incentive Pro,ram (FI~) Two l~do%mers applied for cost-shying assist~ce ~uder t~s progr~ for a tot~ of &2 acres this past ye~. Both l~udowners received the assist~ce ~ud the work was completed, b. ~ric~t~ Conservation ProEr¢m (ACP) No one applied for assist~ce ~der t~s progr~. c. North C~olina Forest Develooment Prosr~ (NCFDP) There were five l~do~rs who applied for assist~ce ~der t~s progr~ for a tot~ of 25 acres. Fo~ l~udo%mers received assist~ce ~d the work was completed. ~e request had to be cs]celled because of eq~pment but will be picked up t~s co~ng ye~. T~s ~,dl] consist of eight acres. Six r~uests for cost-shying assistance for the co, nE ye~ have reached my office so f~. Fo~' ~e ~der the Forestry Incentive Program ~d tr~ ~e ~der the North C~olina Forest Development Program. ~for~s to publicize the cost-shying programs ~ll be continued t~,o~h newspaper acticles, p~mp~ets, ~nd by word of month. SGHO~ PR~$: The Gouty ~nger sets up foreetry contests for ~A students once a ye~. T~ee schools took advm]t~e of t~s progrmm t~s ye~, The Co~ty ~ger ~d Field Forester took p~t in the SOS County To~ ~th five schools t~s ye~ delivered ~bor Day kits to fifth grade classes in the cowry schools; visited t~'ee schools ~th ~okey Be~ ~d had ~okey Be~ in the Concord ~d K~apolis C~is~as p~ades; had forestry e~bits at ~fferent locations in the co~ty.