National Environmental Policy Act - Categorical Exclusions for Soil and Water Restoration Activities - Final Rule

By: USDA - Forest Service
The Final Rule The Forest Service has supplemented its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations (36 CFR Part 220) with three new categorical exclusions for activities that restore lands negatively impacted by water control structures, natural and human caused events, and roads and trails.
https://www.landcan.org/article/National-Environmental-Policy-Act--Categorical-Exclusions-for-Soil-and-Water-Restoration-Activities---Final-Rule/1715/

 

NEWS RELEASE - US Forest Service announces final rule on restoration of soil and water resources

By: USDA - Forest Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2013 – The U.S. Forest Service today published in the Federal Register a final rule improving the agency’s ability to restore lands affected by roads, trails, structures such as levees, culverts and drainage tiles and disturbance events such as floods and hurricanes.
https://www.landcan.org/article/NEWS-RELEASE--US-Forest-Service-announces-final-rule-on-restoration-of-soil-and-water-resources/1716/

 

Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Chapter 30

By: USDA - Forest Service
More information about the categorical exclusions for soil and water restoration can be found here.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Forest-Service-Handbook-190915-Chapter-30-/1717/

 

Virginia's Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program Focuses on the Positive

By: Joseph M. Smith

https://www.landcan.org/article/Virginias-Southern-Pine-Beetle-Prevention-Program-Focuses-on-the-Positive/1793/

 

The Economic Importance of New Hampshire's Forest-Based Economy 2013

By: North East State Foresters Association
This report is an update of a series of similar reports that have been published for the State of New Hampshire by the North East State Foresters Association since the early 1990s.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Economic-Importance-of-New-Hampshires-ForestBased-Economy-2013/1939/

 

The Economic Importance of New York's Forest-Based Economy 2013

By: North East State Foresters Association
This report is an update of a series of similar reports that have been published for the State of New Hampshire by the North East State Foresters Association since the early 1990s.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Economic-Importance-of-New-Yorks-ForestBased-Economy-2013/1941/

 

The Economic Importance of Vermont's Forest-Based Economy 2013

By: North East State Foresters Association
This report is an update of a series of similar reports that have been published for the State of New Hampshire by the North East State Foresters Association since the early 1990s.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Economic-Importance-of-Vermonts-ForestBased-Economy-2013/1942/

 

Working Trees for Agriculture

By: USDA National Agroforestry Center
Putting trees to work in conservation and production systems for farms, ranches, and nearby communities means planting the right trees, in the right places and in the correct design to achieve desired objectives.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Working-Trees-for-Agriculture/2027/

 

Regenerating Hardwood Forests

By: Penn State Extension
Managing Competing Plants, Deer, and Light.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Regenerating-Hardwood-Forests/2549/

 

Fire! A Fair Weather Friend

By: by Carol A. Heiser, illustrations by Spike Knuth
Wild in the Woods
https://www.landcan.org/article/Fire--A-Fair-Weather-Friend/2556/

 

Developing Wildlife-Friendly Pine Plantations

By: NC State University Cooperative Extension

https://www.landcan.org/article/Developing-WildlifeFriendly-Pine-Plantations/2558/

 

Sharpening the Tools for Prescribed Burns In Eastern Mixed-oak Forests

By: Joint Fire Science Program

https://www.landcan.org/article/Sharpening-the-Tools-for-Prescribed-Burns-In-Eastern-Mixedoak-Forests/2563/

 

Rainforest Birds - A Land Manager's Guide to Breeding Bird Habitat in Young Conifer Forests in the Pacific Northwest

By: Bob Altman and Joan Hagar

https://www.landcan.org/article/Rainforest-Birds--A-Land-Managers-Guide-to-Breeding-Bird-Habitat-in-Young-Conifer-Forests-in-the-Pacific-Northwest/2711/

 

Developing Consensus on Conservation Easements on Managed Forestlands

By: Laurie A. Wayburn
Over the past few years, there have been panel discussions at the National Land Trust Rally putting forward ideas on guiding principles for conservation easements on working forestlands.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Developing-Consensus-on-Conservation-Easements-on-Managed-Forestlands/175/

 

Do you have a plan for your family forest?

By: Jay Braunscheidel
More family woodlands will change hands and be sub-divided in the next 10 years than at any point in America’s history. That fact stru ...
https://www.landcan.org/article/Do-you-have-a-plan-for-your-family-forest/168/

 

Conservation Easements, Supply Agreements, & Green Certification

By: Bret Vicary, Ph.D., MAI, CGA, LPF
Timberland transactions increasingly involve conservation easements, wood supply agreements, and green certification considerations. On the one hand, these features can reduce the price and total flexibility associated with timberland ownership.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conservation-Easements-Supply-Agreements-and-Green-Certification/128/

 

Tree Farm Planning for Results

By: Kurt Swearingen
The ultimate reason for planning is to obtain desirable outcomes. Planning for results begins with defining your vision for the tree farm, formulating multi-resource goals to support your vision, and establishing the steps you will take to reach each goal.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Tree-Farm-Planning-for-Results/558/

 

Tools For Reducing High Property Taxes in Maine.

By: Andrew A. Cadot
Many owners of real estate in coastal Maine are facing dramatic increases in their property taxes as a result of municipal revaluations, especially those with shorefront or a water view.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Tools-For-Reducing-High-Property-Taxes-in-Maine/120/

 

Program Changes in the 2008 Farm Bill

By: Resources First Foundation - RFF
We’ve highlighted some program changes, key new provisions, as well as entirely new conservation and energy programs.  Without further ado, ...
https://www.landcan.org/article/Program-Changes-in-the-2008-Farm-Bill-/190/

 

Beyond Easements: Broader Approaches for Greater Conservation Outcomes

By: Michele Haynes
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS CAN PROTECT thousands of acres of valuable and vulnerable lands from development. However, why stop there?  ...
https://www.landcan.org/article/Beyond-Easements-Broader-Approaches-for-Greater-Conservation-Outcomes/3598/