Conservation Extension and Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) extend the environmental conservation acreage reserve program; (2) extend the conservation reserve program, including marginal pasture lands devoted to trees, and the pilot program for Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; (3) increase the scope of conservation reserve eligible lands; (4) increase maximum conservation reserve acreage; (5) extend and provide maximum annual acreage levels for the wetlands reserve program; (6) establish a grassland reserve program; (7) extend and expand the scope of the environmental quality incentives program, including increased payment limits, and establishment of Colorado River Basin salinity control measures; and (8) provide for the privacy of personal information relating to natural resources conservation programs.
Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to revise the resource conservation and development program, including: (1) provision of program assistance through councils which shall carry out area plans and projects in designated areas; and (2) establishment in the Department of Agriculture of a Resource Conservation and Development Policy Advisory Board.
Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to: (1) extend funding for the conservation of private grazing land program; (2) extend funding for the wildlife habitat incentive program; (3) establish related pilot programs to avoid listing of endangered species and preserve critical habitats; and (4) extend funding for the farmland protection program.
Provides for disaster program and conservation accounting system studies.