Okla. Stat. tit. 27A, § 27A-3-3-114: Purpose - Rules - Definition

A. The Oklahoma Conservation Commission is hereby authorized to

establish and administer a conservation cost-share program as funds

become available. The conservation cost-share program shall provide

monies to eligible persons for the purpose of implementing

conservation or best management practices on such eligible land as

described in conservation management plans according to rules

promulgated by the Commission.

B. The Commission shall promulgate rules governing the cost-

share program.

C. To implement the program, the Commission shall require

conservation districts to enter into contracts for eligible projects

on eligible land detailing the eligible person's responsibilities.

D. For purposes of the conservation cost-share program:

1. "Eligible person" means any individual, partnership,

corporation, legally recognized Indian tribe, estate, or trust who

as an owner, lessee, tenant, or operator participates in the care

and/or management of land within a conservation district;

2. "Eligible land" means:

a. privately owned land within the state,

b. land owned by the state or a political subdivision of

the state,

c. land owned by corporations which are partly owned by

the United States,

d. land temporarily owned by the United States or a

corporation wholly owned by it, which were not

acquired or reserved for conservation purposes,

including lands administered by the Farm Service

Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense, or by any

other government agency,

e. any cropland farmed by private persons which is owned

by the United States or a corporation wholly owned by

it, and

f. noncropland owned by the United States on which

practices are performed by private persons where such

practices directly conserve or benefit nearby or

adjoining privately owned lands of the persons

performing the practices and such persons maintain and

use such federally owned noncropland under agreement

with the federal agency having jurisdiction thereof;

and

3. "Eligible projects" means conservation practices determined

to be needed by a conservation district to:

a. improve or protect water quality,

b. reduce soil erosion,

c. accomplish both the objectives described in

subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph, or

d. reduce feral swine population by use of electronic hog

traps.