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EQIP-2012-fact-sheet-coverBy Ginger Kopp, Minnesota NRCS Staff Forester One Million Dollars available to Minnesota Forest Landowners The Minnesota Natural Resources Conservation Service 2012 EQIP State-wide Forestry Initiative has $1 million available... Read More »
Baughman-2008-TaxReliefUpdate–September 25, 2011: Effective in 2011, payments in the Sustainable Forests Incentive Program will remain fixed at $7 per acre.  The maximum payment is limited to $100,000 to any taxpayer... Read More »
This article is republished with permission from the January 2011 MassWoods update. Congress recently renewed the enhanced tax deduction for conservation restriction donations through December 31, 2011! This is a... Read More »
Hot off the presses from Linda Wang, national timber taxation specialist, check out this year’s Updated Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2010 Tax Year (PDF, updated January 2011). There’s... Read More »
Back Forty Press is pleased to announce that One Family’s Forest has just been released.  The authors, Alan Haney and Lowell Klessig, have been personally and professionally involved in woodland... Read More »
BRAINERD, Minn. – A workshop on Intergenerational Land Transfer for woodland owners will be held in Brainerd on Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 6:00 – 9:00 PM, Meeting Room 1, Land Services... Read More »
MFRC-2010-forestation-opportunities-fig1-220pxIn January 2010 the Minnesota Forest Resources Council and the University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources released a new report on the costs and feasibility of adding a million... Read More »
MN land economics[As usual, passing along an update from Steve Taff, University of Minnesota Extension and Department of Applied Economics.] Dear Colleague: After heroic efforts by county assessors and Department of Revenue... Read More »
5 things screencapBeginning in January 2010, the University of Minnesota Extension will offer a series of 5 web-based seminars, or “webinars,” on topics of interest to Minnesota woodland owners.  While they do... Read More »
Forest Stewardship Program logoBy Gary Michael, MN DNR – Division of Forestry JANUARY 2010:  The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – Division of Forestry’s Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) is undertaking a major shift... Read More »
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