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159.8 COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT PLAN -- HIGHLY
ERODIBLE ACRES.
The department shall request cooperation from the federal
government, including the United States department of agriculture
consolidated farm service agency and the United States department of
agriculture natural resources conservation service, to investigate
methods to preserve land which is highly erodible, as provided in the
federal Food Security Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. § 3801 et seq., for the
purpose of developing with owners of the land a comprehensive
management plan for the land. The plan may be based on the soil
conservation plan of the natural resources conservation service and
may include a farm unit conservation plan and a comprehensive
agreement as provided in chapter 161A. The extension services at
Iowa state university of science and technology shall cooperate with
the department in developing the comprehensive plan.
The investigation shall include methods which help to preserve
highly erodible land from row crop production through production of
alternative commodities, and financial incentives. The department
shall report to the governor and the general assembly not later than
January 15, 1990, of the department's progress in the investigation.
The department shall report to the governor and the general assembly
not later than January 15, 1991, on the department's recommendation
for programs necessary to preserve highly erodible land from injury
or destruction. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 188, §1; 95 Acts, ch 216, § 25
