Healthy Forests Reserve Program
The US Forest Service could use its discretion under this program to subsidize the production of bioenergy feedstocks.
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Forest Legacy Program
The US Forestry Service could use its discretion under this program to allow for bioenergy feedstock production, while requiring decarbonization-standards for such lands.
Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act
Funds state initiatives aimed at helping private forest owners achieve helping private forest owners achieve forest stewardship management planning. This program could condition future aid on incorporating decarbonization techniques.
Biomass Research and Development Initiative
USDA and DOE provides grant funding for projects addressing research, development, and demonstration of biofuels and bio-based products and the methods, practices, and technologies for their production.
Advanced Biofuel Production Payments
Eligible producers may receive payments to support expanded production of advanced biofuels.
Advanced Biofuel Production Grants and Loan Guarantees
Provides loan guarantees for the development, construction, and retrofitting of commercial-scale biorefineries that produce advanced biofuels.
Biomass Assistance Program
First federal subsidy program for energy biomass. It provides financial assistance for the growth of biomass crops as long as feedstocks are renewable biomass cultivated from eligible land.
Catalog of state and federal biofuels incentives
DOE maintains a catalog of state and federal biofuels incentives on its website.
Tennessee Growth Policy Act
Established a comprehensive growth policy for the state, part of which was a requirement to designate urban growth boundaries, planned growth areas, and rural areas based on projections of growth over a 20-year period.
Oregon’s Urban Growth Boundary Plan
Protects rural agricultural and forestlands outside the boundary. The Columbia Region Association of Governments proposed an urban growth boundary for the Portland region in 1977, which has been periodically amended.