Farmland Protection and Land Access Program (FPLA)

FPLA serves the dual purpose of permanently protecting high-quality farmland and facilitating access to land for next-generation farmers and ranchers. This is the protection component of a buy-protect-sell strategy in conjunction with the FarmPAI program.

Land Trusts and Conservation Districts who have secured a loan from FarmPAI.

Project / Round-Based

No minimum or maximum grant amount; funding may cover easement purchase price and related eligible acquisition costs (appraisal, surveys, environmental audits, baseline documentation, farm or stewardship plan, cultural resources, administrative costs up to 50,000 dollars, etc.). See FPLA guidelines for full cost eligibility details.

No match required; applicant covers ineligible costs.

Continous

Continuous

Continuous

Awards made following Commission approval.

Contracts start after SCC approves the project.

Field currently linked to Toggle - do we need a text field here?If so, we need to manually add notes from Excel sheet.

Hilary Atenhaten@scc.wa.gov