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A National Review of State Preferential Property Tax Programs: Challenges and Opportunities for Agroforestry Practices in the United States

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A collaborative research team cataloged each preferential property tax program for agriculture, horticulture, and forestry in the Nation and assessed the programs' attributes to determine their compatibility with characteristics of agroforestry practices. Findings in this report can be used to inform natural resource management and discussions on tax incentives for agroforestry.

#Taxes, #LandManagement, #LandUse, #Agroforestry

2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment Business Report

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This first business report for the Forest Service Resources Planning Act (RPA) Assessment describes the process, costs, and products needed to conduct and support the decadal RPA Assessment, mainly covering the years that led to the publication of the 2020 RPA Assessment in 2023. This report reflects the RPA Assessment team’s commitment to accountability and transparency in delivering the best value, quality, and array of products in response to the authorizing legislation. The intent is to provide a foundation of evidence to highlight the complexity and importance of the RPA Assessment and to assist in framing the management and oversight of future assessments.

#Science, #LandManagement, #ForestProducts

New tools available for monitoring support and analysis

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The recently released National Forest System Monitoring Policy (Forest Service Manual 2040) aligns monitoring, partnerships and information-sharing efforts to help land managers monitor changes related to stressors and resource conditions affecting National Forest System lands. Having this data and information aligned…
#LandManagement, #Partnerships

Valentine Fire restores forest and community

Sunshine peeks through trees and smoke as the slow-moving fire reaches a road.
Aerial fire ignitions conducted during the Valentine Fire. Spheres, about the size of ping-pong balls, filled with an incendiary cocktail of potassium permanganate activated by ethylene glycol, were dropped by firefighters to reduce the fuels available to the main body of the Valentine Fire. (USDA Forest Service photo by Danny Fairchild) Smoke rising from a forest is ominous. Often it is the…
#WildlandFirefighting, #LandManagement, #ControlledBurn, #Arizona

Future of America's Forests and Rangelands: 2020 Resources Planning Act Assessment

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The Resources Planning Act Assessment is a decadal report on the current and future status of America's forests and rangelands. Using the most current data and scientific analysis, it predicts the most likely scenarios for conserving and maintaining our natural resources, including forests, water, biodiversity, and more.

#Science, #LandManagement, #Data

National Prescribed Fire Resource Mobilization Strategy

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This strategy details how the Forest Service can increase the scale of using prescribed fire. By using established knowledge and practices for wildland fire suppression, the agency will create regional teams to coordinate landscape-scale prescribed fires. Prescribed fire is a critical tool in efforts to reduce wildfire risk and the harm it can cause to people, infrastructure, and natural resources.

#PrescribedFire, #Wildfire, #WildfireCrisisStrategy, #LandManagement