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Berkeley News writer Kara Manke discusses a new UC Berkeley report that shows how allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite's...
April showers bring May flowers…along with the less colorful tax season. When you're a forest landowner, filing taxes is more complicated than it would be when only reporting one's wages. But don't let that intimidate you. For both new and experienced landowners, an excellent introduction to forestland income taxation is the Federal Owner's Guide to the Federal Income Tax, Agricultural Handbook No. 731, available here. In addition, here is a compilation of the top tax tips that you should keep in mind, pulled from the USDA Forest Service's “Tax Tips for Forest Landowners: 2022 Tax Year”. Read the full guide
Carol Fall is a local landowner and Assistant Chief for the Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department.
Check the volunteer fire station, is she there? If not, one might find Carol Fall steering the neighborhood elk away from her garden…again. She's a big proponent of enjoying wildlife, but the elk? They can be a bit of a nuisance. It's something Fall is used to: Carol and her husband have managed their forty acres in Trinity County for over thirty years. Speaking with her means glimpsing into Trinity-specific forest management needs; especially those which improve the wildfire resiliency of forests and living spaces. As the Assistant Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department, Fall is an expert in...
Forests in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range are being stressed by many factors that put them at risk. High-severity wildfire, drought stress, insect outbreaks, disease, and a backdrop of changing climate are a few. A significant portion of Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade forests are owned and managed as small parcels (10 to 100 acres) by nonindustrial private landowners. To assist these landowners, CAL FIRE and the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station have recently released the ‘Forest Management Handbook for Small Parcel Landowners.' This step by step guide is an additional resource designed to help small, private...
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Berkeley News writer Kara Manke discusses a new UC Berkeley report that shows how allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite's...
California's Forest Practice Rules were created in 1973 with the goal of protecting public resources and emphasizing the importance of planning for sustainable resources management. For small, private forest landowners, preparation of a full Timber Harvest Plan (THP) can sometimes be much more than is needed to accomplish the goals and objectives for their timberland. According to David Haas, CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit Forester and Forest Practice Inspector for San Bernardino, Inyo, & Mono Counties, in certain situations, using exemptions allows forest landowners to do a range of...