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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

QUESTIONS??mark.megalos@ncsu.edu

919-513-1202

THANK YOU!!!!