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PUV COMPLIANCE AND ISSUES from the FIELD
MARK MEGALOSEXTENSION 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 Averages-
Costs/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 RESOURCESForestry 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/forest/resources/publications/documents/won40.pdf
THANK YOU!!!!
