What constitutes equitable forest taxation in the south, and the impact of taxation on forest management and resources?
• Negative effects of estate and property taxes on landowners should also be included in the study. • The study should also identify the negative effects that estate and property taxes exert on landowners to move land out of forestry and into higher valued uses. • Federal, state and local policies and incentives that promote sustainable forest management as well as conserve existing forestland incentives that promote sustainable forest management as well as conserve existing forestland should be described and reviewed for efficacy. Federal and state governments have developed a number of programs to encourage landowners to establish forestland and create habitat (e.g., FIP, WHIP, CRP). Some non-government agencies, such as The Nature Conservancy, Ducks Unlimited and the National Wild Turkey Federation have developed programs to assist landowners in the creation of wildlife habitat. The Assessment should investigate these programs and report their results. • Tax incentives could provide
