Bill > HB2267

This bill repeals the "Missouri Economic Diversification and Afforestation Act of 1990", which was a comprehensive program designed to encourage agroforestry and environmental conservation in Missouri. The repeal eliminates multiple sections of state law (Sections 252.300 to 252.333) that previously established detailed guidelines for an agroforestry initiative, including provisions for landowner incentive payments, tree planting, and land use strategies. The bill retains a requirement for the departments of natural resources and conservation to develop an interagency plan for using authorized funds, but removes the specific programmatic details of the original act. The original act had aimed to address environmental, economic, and social programs by promoting soil conservation, improving water and air quality, enhancing wildlife habitat, and creating job opportunities through innovative land use techniques like alley cropping, forested-riparian buffers, silvopasture, and windbreaks. By repealing these sections, the bill effectively eliminates the state's formal agroforestry incentive program while maintaining a broad interagency cooperation mandate.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Government Affairs

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB2267&year=2026&code=R