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PUV COMPLIANCE AND ISSUES from the FIELD MARK MEGALOS EXTENSION FORESTRY NCSU- COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES THIS TALK: • WHAT’S NEW – 2012 Rate Schedule • • • • DFR PUV PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS PUV Woodland Owner Note REVISION Sound Management Revisited Questions NEW FORESTRY SCHEDULE • HISTORY • SAME but DIFFERENT • New Data Source for Timber Pricing –More regional specificity NEW FORESTRY SCHEDULE • Five Year AveragesCosts/Prices • CHANGES IN EAST AND PIEDMONT • We've Heard Your Concerns Forestland Schedule (2012) MRLA Class I Class II Class III Mountains $345 $195 $ 85 Upper CP $395 $235 $195 Piedmont $485 $305 $240 Sandhills $515 $305 $240 Lower CP $395 $235 $195 Tidewater $335 $235 $150 NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES Forestry PUV Program Review Findings: • Completed Forest Management Plans prior to the January 1st Forestry PUV management plan deadline. • Emphasize commercial timber production an eligibility requirement. NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES Forestry PUV Program Review Findings: • Forest landowner’s responsibility to submit a completed management plan to their tax office. • Internal forest management plans were lacking harvest schedules, regeneration techniques and timeframes. NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES • “Stronger forestry language” PUV paragraph to Foresters/Rangers, consultants • Identify and stress clear short and long-term landowner objectives in management plans NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES • Plan writers should make timeline for an expected harvest more specific – Provide an expected harvest date • Foresters/Rangers should stress that not all forest properties are appropriate for PUV program – lack of timely timber harvest , – or resistance to any kind of harvest WON-40 Emphasizes Key Items: 1) Your county tax officials will be reviewing landowner objectives to ensure that commercial timber production is a primary goal. 2) PUV program expectations are production-focused; therefore, sound, active management for future commercial products (timber, pulpwood, and fiber) is implied. 3) The signed application for PUV & forest management plan is viewed as an “agreement” between the landowner and county tax office, as such, landowners who fail to implement their management activities in a timely manner may risk program disqualification, deferred tax reimbursement and interest penalties. WOODLAND OWNER NOTE • Disqualification, Penalties and “Roll back’ Process now in Bold • Added Wildlife Conservation Land Program • Strengthened Conservation Easement treatment • Application Link to DOR Website • Follow-up Links to Forest Management plan and Information providers Sound Management • Sound management is a program of production designed to obtain the greatest net return from the land consistent with its conservation and long-term improvement. § (105- 277.2(6)). PLAN UPDATES • EVERY CYCLE?? • AS NEEDED? • PARTNERING WITH NCDFR • ASKING FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT LIST “4220” Handouts- For Your Consideration • NEW WOODLAND OWNER NOTE • http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/fore st/resources/publications/documents /won40.pdf QUESTIONS?? [email protected] 919-513-1202 THANK YOU!!!!