District forester woodland assistance
馃嚭馃嚫 IN, United States 路 Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
A DNR district forester will visit your woods and recommend a course of action, and can enroll you in tax-incentive and cost-share programs
Every Indiana county is covered by one of the Division of Forestry's 20 cooperative forest management districts. District foresters are professionally trained to manage forestland and can start a landowner off by visiting the woods and recommending a best course of action to meet the owner's goals. They administer state and federal programs offering technical assistance, property tax incentives (Classified Forest and Wildlands) and cost-share incentives (Forestry BMP Cost-Share Program) for sustainable management.
Who qualifies
Indiana private woodland owners; the district forester page states no acreage threshold or fee. Classified Forest and Wildlands enrollees receive free technical assistance.
How to apply
Find your county on the District Foresters page or its interactive map and call or email the forester listed (for example Monroe and Owen counties 812-829-2462; Marion, Hamilton and Hendricks counties 812-988-7945). For vacant districts 2 and 3 (northeast Indiana) call the Salamonie River State Forest office at 260-782-0430. General questions: State Information Center 1-800-457-8283.
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