ALE Toolkit
ALE glossary
Additional definitions can be found in 440-CPM, Part 502, “Terms and Abbreviations Common to All Programs.” In the event of a discrepancy, the definition contained in this part, prevails for ACEP purposes.
A
Access
Acreage owned by Indian Tribes
Active agricultural production
Agreement
Agricultural commodity
Agricultural land easement (ACEP-ALE)
Agricultural land easement plan (ALEP)
Agricultural uses
ALE-agreement
At-risk species
B
Bargain sale
Beginning farmer or rancher
Building envelope
Buy-Protect-Sell Transaction
C
Certified entity
Chief
Commenced conversion wetland
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
Conservation district
(HEL) Conservation plan
Conservation practice
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
Converted wetland (CW or CW+year)
Cost-share payment
D
Dedicated fund
E
Easement administration action
Easement area
Easement exchange
Easement modification
Easement subordination
Easement termination
Eligible entity
Eligible land
F
Fair market value (FMV)
Farm and ranch land of local importance
Farm and ranch land of statewide importance
Farm or ranch succession plan
Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
Forest land
Forest land of statewide importance
Forest management plan
Future viability
G
Grassland
Grassland of special environmental significance (GSS)
Grasslands management plan
H
Historical and archaeological resources
Historically underserved landowner
Hydric soil
I
Imminent harm
Impervious surface
Indian Tribe
Invasive species
J
Joint operation
L
Land evaluation and site assessment (LESA) system
Landowner
Lands substantially altered by flooding
Land that furthers a State or local policy consistent with the purposes of the program
Legal entity
Limited-resource farmer or rancher
M
Monitoring report
N
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Nongovernmental organization (NGO)
Nonindustrial private forest land (NIPF)
Nonseasonal
Noxious weed
O
Other interests in land
Other productive soils
P
Parcel
Participant
Pending offer
Permanent easement
Person
Prairie Pothole Region
Prime farmland
Private land
Projects of special significance
Purchase Price
R
Responsible Federal Official (RFO)
Right of enforcement
Rights of the United States
Riparian areas
S
Secretary
Socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher
State conservationist
State technical committee (STC)
U
Unique farmland
V
Veteran farmer or rancher
W
Wetland
Wildlife