Mitigation Idea: help landowners with taxes, succession planning, etc.

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

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Mitigation Idea: help landowners with taxes, succession planning, etc.

Participate in the discussion forum to share ideas and provide feedback about practical actions that companies can take to promote positive impacts on forest management, and reduce the risk of procuring wood from forests where important ecological values are threatened.

The forum is organized by each Regional Meeting with each Specified Risk Topic listed under each meeting:

Asheville (Appalachian Region)

Atlanta (Southeast/Mississippi Alluvial Valley Regions)

Portland (Pacific Coast/Rocky Mountain Regions)

Please post your comments and mitigation ideas under the correct topic. Example: To suggest a mitigation idea for Houston Toad, go into "Atlanta Meeting", find "Houston Toad" and add your comment within that section.

Please keep all comments as succinct as possible, and be respectful of others and their ideas. Moderators will remove any inappropriate content.

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Mitigation Idea: help landowners with taxes, succession planning, etc.

Participate in the discussion forum to share ideas and provide feedback about practical actions that companies can take to promote positive impacts on forest management, and reduce the risk of procuring wood from forests where important ecological values are threatened.

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The forum is organized by each Regional Meeting with each Specified Risk Topic listed under each meeting:

Asheville (Appalachian Region)​

Atlanta (Southeast/Mississippi Alluvial Valley Regions)

Portland (Pacific Coast/Rocky Mountain Regions)

Please post your comments and mitigation ideas under the correct topic. Example: To suggest a mitigation idea for Houston Toad, go into "Atlanta Meeting", find "Houston Toad" and add your comment within that section.

​

Please keep all comments as succinct as possible, and be respectful of others and their ideas. Moderators will remove any inappropriate content.

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If you have any general questions, please fill out the contact form, or email standardsforum@us.fsc.org.

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Want to post anonymously? Send your comments with the specific topic to standardsforum@us.fsc.org to be posted.

Asheville (Appalachian Region)