106 Forestry Production and Marketing EXTENSION PROGRAMS FOR FOREST PRODUCTION AND MARKETING Extension Service Department of Agriculture Federal Extension Service in cooperation with State and local county extension services) offers advisory services and counseling through conferences, research, and educational activities. Liaison with other Government-sponsored technical assistance programs for forestry production and marketing. Technical information and aids are available on request. INFORMATION CONTACT County Cooperative Extension Service Office. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE S. Q. Hoobler, Director Division of Marketing and Utilization Sciences Extension Service Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 Telephone: (202) 388-5633 FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION LOANS FOR FOREST PRODUCTION AND MARKETING Farmers Home Administration Department of Agriculture Direct and insured loans for establishing a forestry enterprise—for production, harvesting, or processing. Also, farm-operating loans for forestry as part of general farm operation. FOR MORE DETAILS See loan programs of Farmers Home Administration, pages 85, 86, 87, 93, 149 (this section). Forestry Production and Marketing FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL Forest Service Department of Agriculture ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE 107 Formula grants, counseling, and advisory assistance for permanent fire protection and control on non-Federal land. ELIGIBILITY Any public or private owner of timbered land, potentially timbered land, or critical nonforested watershed land. APPLICATION PROCESS Contact State department of forestry, which makes determination of which lands to be included in cooperative fire prevention and control program. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE Division of Cooperative Forest Fire Control Forest Service Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 FORESTRY CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE Soil Conservation Service Department of Agriculture Technical assistance to owners of farm forest lands in development of conservation plan for operating unit. FOR MORE DETAILS See "Soil Conservation," page 444. 108 Forestry Production and Marketing FORESTRY COOPERATIVES Forest Service and Farmers Home Administration Advisory services for the establishment and operation of forestry cooperative. Direct loans and repayable advances for financing forestry cooperatives. (More than two-thirds of members must be low-income rural residents.) INFORMATION CONTACT Local county office of Farmers Home Administration for loans. Forest Service regional offices. (See appendix, Department of FOR MORE DETAILS See "Loans to Cooperatives", page 43 (this section). FOREST SERVICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Forest Service Department of Agriculture Formula grants to State departments of forestry. Technical assistance to timber managers, loggers, and processorsthrough State departments of forestry. HEADQUARTERS OFFICE E. M. Bacon State and Private Forestry Forest Service Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C. 20250 |