Southern pine beetle prevention and restoration cost share program

Because of increasing length and severity of Southern Pine Beetle outbreaks, the USDA Forest Service and the Southern Group of State Foresters initiated a more proactive approach for mitigating the severity of outbreaks by creating the Southern Pine Beetle Prevention and Restoration Cost Share Program. The SPB Program seeks to mitigate future loss from SPB by managing pine density through Prevention and Restoration practices. The SPB Program will allow NIPF landowners cost share for approved Prevention and Restoration practices