Transcript Slide 1

The North Carolina Forest Service’s
Role in the Forestry
Present-Use Value Program
Presented by Sean Brogan, NCFS Forest Management Branch Head
NC Department of Revenue’s 2011 Advanced Real Property Seminar
Friday, September 16, 2011
Greensboro, NC
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services
N.C. Forest Service
Steven W. Troxler
Commissioner
New website:
“Contact Us”
link leads to
NCFS map and
phone
numbers:
Wib L. Owen
Assistant Commissioner
State Forester
http://ncforestservice.gov
“Will the NCFS Still Provide the Same Services?”
•Forest management assistance
•Water quality inspections
•Fire control/incident management
•Environmental education
•Costshare guidance
•Urban & community forestry
Bottom line: most services will not change.
NCFS Providing Forest Management Plans
• Landowner-objective driven
• Statewide staffing levels
• Management plans vs. other priorities:
incident management (10-year avg. 5,000
wildfires on 25,000 acres)
insect/disease detection
water quality (5,000 inspections/yr)
reforestation
prescribed burning
• Plan delivery times can vary greatly
NCFS Providing Forest Management Plans
• Other sources of forest management assistance:
 NC Consulting Foresters List (on NCFS website)
 Forestry Extension Specialists
 Tree Farm Program
 Woodland Owner Associations
 Industry foresters
• Landowners can write their forest management
plan for Forestry PUV
• Communication critical to meeting January plan
submittal deadline for Forestry PUV
“Who Decides if Landowners are Meeting
the Forestry PUV Requirements?”
• Legal responsibility of
county tax office (not NCFS)
• Counties can hire
consultants
• NCFS can provide
supporting info
(ex. from “4220 database”)
“What can Tax Offices do to Make Forestry
PUV Program Run Smoothly?”
• Stress timber harvesting
requirements
• Stress January deadline for plan
submittal
• Talk with County Ranger
(ex. backlogs; re-assessments)
• Stagger re-assessments
“What can Tax Offices do to Make Forestry
PUV Program Run Smoothly?”
• Provide NC Consulting Forester’s List
(“might get plan quicker…as well as
services that NCFS may not provide”)
• Provide the “NC Forestry PUV
Property Tax Program”
Woodland Owner Note (8/2011)
“Estimated changes in development in North
Carolina, 2010 to 2030.”
(From the 2010 North Carolina Forest Resource Assessment)
Remember:
The Forestry PUV Program is critical to “keeping working forests working”!
Thanks for your time and all of your assistance.
Questions?
Sean Brogan
919-857-4818