Here is a possible mitigation option generated at the 2017 Focus Group Meeting:
Helping landowners with taxes, succession planning, etc. (to reduce the incentives to view the forest as a financial burden, or to view conversion of their forest as a better financial alternative to maintaining it). (This option was not assessed using the framework described below.)
NOTE: The final draft of the National Risk Assessment requires that any mitigation options for conversion fit within the following framework (drawn from the U.S. Forest Service Open Space Conservation Strategy):
Actions identified must help to achieve one of the following outcomes:
Convene partners to identify and protect priority forest areas
Promote national policies and markets to help private landowners conserve forests
Provide resources and tools to help communities expand and connect forests
Participate in community growth planning to reduce ecological impacts and wildfire risks