MILTON — The open application process for the Florida Forest Service’s Southern Pine Beetle Assistance and Prevention Program ends soon.
Non-industrial, private land owners have until July 30 to submit their applications.
The Southern Pine Beetle Assistance and Prevention Program provides incentive payments for non-industrial private forest landowners who conduct a first pulpwood thinning.
The program also offers partial cost reimbursement for activities such as prescribed burning, mechanical underbrush treatments and the planting of longleaf or slash pine, which is less susceptible to southern pine beetle infestations.
In Escambia County and parts of Santa Rosa County west of Highway 87 except the Holley-Navarre area, call Cathy Hardin at 587-5237 or email Cathy.Hardin@FreshFromFlorida.com for more information.
In Okaloosa County and areas of Santa Rosa County east of 87, including Holley-Navarre, call Maria Wilson at 689-7838 or email Maria.Wilson@FreshFromFlorida.com.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Pine beetle assistance program applications due soon