Lynch, SarahShabman, Leonard A.2016-04-192016-04-192007Resources 165: 17-192532_Lynch2007_FL_ranchlands_ES_project.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67036The Florida Ranchlands Environmental Services Project (FRESP) was recently launched, which will field test a program to complement the existing restoration programs such as the Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan (LOPP), which uses public funding to build treatment wetlands, drill aquifer storage, and capture rainwater (to delay its arrival downstream). FRESP will pay cattle ranchers to provide environmental services that will benefit the lake.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightCattleWater managementEcological restorationPayments for environmental servicesProgram planningWetlandRanchingEnvironmental servicesPasture managementPESFloridaEnvironmental services projectPay-for-environmental-services program (pesp)Lake okeechobee protection plan (lopp)Florida ranchlands environmental services project (fresp)Program designRanchlandsRanchersFundingDocumentationAccountabilityWater retentionPhosphorus load reductionWetlands habitat expansionEcosystem Farm/Enterprise ScalePeriodicalCopyright 2007 RFF