Program Information

The purpose of the SLoCAMP program is to provide payments to loggers to support direct implementation of practices that will enhance water quality protection, promote climate adaptation, and meet loggers’ needs to extend or maintain operations. Funding is available to cover costs associated with labor and materials to implement the following four practices:

1. Hardening Truck Roads and Landings
2. Skid Trail Improvement
3. Temporary Stream Crossings
4. Permanent Stream Crossings

Applications for funding are reviewed and approved on a continual basis until June 30, 2026. Payment will be made for Acceptable Management Practices (AMPs) approved in this application that are implemented in accordance with the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation’s Acceptable Management Practices for Maintaining Water Quality on Logging Jobs in Vermont.

This application contains information of a technical nature. If you need assistance in completing this form, please contact the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast (207-688-8195).

Include a map of the harvest site with the following items clearly identified:

• Title block containing the landowner’s name, logging contractor, town, parcel SPAN, and date
• Major roads with road names
• North Arrow
• Scale
• Legend identifying these landmarks at a minimum:
• All landing areas and major skid trails
• Streams, wetlands, and vernal pools
• All implementation practices proposed for that harvest area

Cost share is available to help with layout and/or creation of the map. A flat fee of $300 will be added to all approved applications to be used at the discretion of the applicant.

Logging contractors are eligible for the program based on the following criteria:

• The project must be approved and completed by June 30, 2026. Requests for project extensions beyond the June 30 deadline will be considered on a case-by-case basis for projects in good standing at the time of request. Extensions requests must be received after April 1, 2026 and before June 30, 2026. Extensions for 3 – 6 months from the June 30 deadline will be considered for project closeout.
• Harvest site is in Vermont, over 10 acres, and focuses on long-term forest management.
• Applicant is a logging contractor and owns more than 50% of the equipment used on this project.
• Commercial timber harvesting accounts for more than 50% of applicant’s income.
• Applicant is in good standing with the Agency of Natural Resources and the Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets (Act 154) and Vermont’s AMP Enforcement and Compliance Program.
• Land has been under the same ownership for at least 5 years, is currently enrolled in forestland UVA, or has a current conservation easement in place on the harvest area.
• State lands owned in fee simple are not eligible as AMPs are built into stumpage rates.
• State owned Wildlife Management Areas where others own timber rights are eligible.
• Applicant will have a contract with the landowner before operations begin. (Note: This does not apply if the applicant is harvesting on their own land.)