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Forest Service acquires 112K acres of Montana forestland in Legacy project
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010Estate planning book helps forest owners understand tax laws
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010The USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station has published, Estate Planning for Forest Landowners: What will become of your timberland?, with practical information about tax and estate planning and techniques involving forest properties (PDF). Tax, legal, forestry, insurance and other professionals will also benefit from the guidance offered in the book's 200-pages. Landowners and others may request paper copies by e-mail by sending their name and complete mailing address, along with the title, author and publication number (GTR-SRS-112) to: pubrequest@fs.fed.us.
Oregon State Forester elected SFI board chair
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010Study calls for more prescribed burns to reduce forest fire emissions
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010USDA announces details and objectives of Office of Environmental Markets
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010The 2008 Farm Bill's Conservation Title directs the Secretary to facilitate the development of environmental markets and ensure the participation of America's farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners. As set forth by Congress in the Farm Bill, OEM will work across government and in consultation with experts and stakeholders to build a market-based system for quantifying, registering, and verifying environmental benefits produced by land management activities.
Need for wood highlights invasive insect problems
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010Months of heavy rains throughout the South have made it difficult for large logging equipment to get into the forests for harvesting. Desperate for wood for its central South Carolina mill, International Paper Co. has begun harvesting from Virginia, New York and Massachusetts -- states infested with gypsy moths, which defoliate a million acres of trees each year in the U.S. USDA has promised to work with International Paper on moth inspections of trees imported to the South for processing to avoid bringing the insect to South Carolina.
