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Queensland Government · QLD
Commercial contracts that pay for carbon farming projects (reforestation, vegetation and soil restoration) that also deliver environmental and community co-benefits; support for pre-application and set-up costs
The Queensland Government's Land Restoration Fund pays farmers, landholders and land managers for carbon farming projects that store carbon and deliver co-benefits such as habitat for threatened species, healthier wetlands and reef catchments, and regional jobs. Projects are selected through competitive investment rounds and contracted through the LRF Trust. Three rounds have run (2020, 2021, 2023) with 25 projects contracted in total.
Tax incentiveProvincial
Government of Ontario · ON
Enrolled forest land is taxed at 25% of the municipal residential property tax rate
An Ontario program that lowers property tax on forested land for owners who prepare and follow an approved Managed Forest Plan. Enrolled land is classed as managed forest and taxed at 25% of the residential rate; the house and landscaped areas stay at the regular rate. Plans run ten years, with a progress report at year five.
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Plantons le décor (Hauts-de-France regional planting scheme, with Espaces naturels régionaux) · HAUTS-DE-FRANCE
Group ordering of regional-origin plants (vegetable seeds only in the 2026/2027 campaign) with collection at local delivery points
A long-running Hauts-de-France scheme that lets individuals, associations, local authorities, collèges in the Nord and lycées order plants of regional origin to improve their surroundings and support local growers. For the 2026/2027 campaign the site says only vegetable seeds of regional varieties are offered; no trees, shrubs or hedges are listed, and vegetable bulbs are unavailable because of weather conditions.
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Forestry Commission (Defra Trees Programme) · ENG
Up to £10,200/ha capital for planting, optional £400/ha/yr maintenance for 15 years, plus up to £12,700/ha stackable extra payments
A Forestry Commission grant for creating new woodland in England. It pays standard capital costs for planting, an optional annual maintenance payment, and extra per-hectare contributions for benefits such as nature recovery, riparian buffers, public access, flood risk and water quality. Planting must follow the UK Forestry Standard.
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DAERA Forest Service · NIR
Up to 100% of eligible establishment costs for the first 5 years plus an annual premium of £469/ha for 10 years, for new woodland of 3 ha or more
Northern Ireland's main woodland creation grant, run by DAERA Forest Service. It funds up to 100% of eligible establishment costs and pays a flat annual premium of £469 per hectare for ten years. The premium was raised to a single rate in September 2026 from the previous £75-£425/ha range. Woodlands must meet the UK Forestry Standard. Grants are competitive, favouring projects that deliver the scheme's objectives at lowest cost.
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Scottish Forestry via Rural Payments and Services · SCT
Per-hectare planting grants plus five years of maintenance payments, e.g. Native Broadleaves £1,840/ha initial planting and £272/ha/yr maintenance (£3,200/ha total; higher in target areas)
The Scottish Government's main grant for creating new woodland, run by Scottish Forestry and paid through Rural Payments and Services. It has nine woodland creation options (Conifer, Broadleaves, Native Broadleaves, Native Scots Pine, Small or Farm Woodland, Native Low Density and others) and two agroforestry options. Payments cover initial planting, five years of annual maintenance and later establishment phases; an extra £1,500/ha applies in the Central Scotland Green Network outer core, capped at 20 ha.
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Trees for Life · SCT
Week-long residential volunteering (accommodation, meals, transport and tools included) planting and monitoring native trees in the Highlands; £690, or £360 reduced rate
Trees for Life runs residential volunteer weeks restoring the Caledonian forest in the Scottish Highlands. Each week takes up to ten volunteers with two guides, Saturday to Saturday, at sites including Glen Affric, Dundreggan, Applecross and Ben Lawers. The fee covers accommodation, vegetarian or vegan meals, transport from Inverness station, tools and safety kit. The charity also lets supporters dedicate trees through 'Groves'.
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Welsh Government with Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust in Wales) · WLS
One free native broadleaf sapling per household in Wales, collected from a local hub or delivered
A Welsh Government giveaway that offered every household in Wales a free native tree to plant, as a contribution to the National Forest for Wales. Around 295,000 saplings in ten species (hazel, rowan, hawthorn, silver birch, crab apple, sessile oak, dogwood, dog rose, field maple, elder) were distributed through more than 50 hubs run by Coed Cadw, with online ordering for people who could not reach a hub, or a tree planted on their behalf.
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Welsh Government (Rural Payments Wales) · WLS
Planting grants from £3,302/ha (native biodiversity) to £6,170/ha (native carbon), fencing at £8.32/m, 12 years of maintenance payments and a £350/ha/yr premium
The Welsh Government's grant for creating new woodland of 0.25 ha or more. It pays per-hectare planting rates by woodland type and density, fencing and gates, twelve years of maintenance payments (£400/ha in year 1 falling to £70/ha from years 4-12) and an annual premium of £350/ha for lost farm income. A smaller 'Small Grants - Woodland Creation' strand runs in separate windows.
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Alaska Community Forest Council with the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Community Forestry Program · AK
Grants of $200 to $500 for Arbor Day tree planting and awareness projects in Alaska communities
The Alaska Community Forest Council offers small grants, about $3,000 in total, for projects that raise Arbor Day awareness, promote public understanding of tree benefits, demonstrate tree selection or care, or use trees to address community problems such as stormwater, windbreaks or traffic calming. Trees planted must be high quality, suited to the site, meet the American Standard for Nursery Stock, and have a three-year budgeted maintenance plan. Funds cannot pay wages or benefits.
Advice and site visitsState
Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection · AK
Free, no-obligation Forest Stewardship Plan with on-site visits from a state stewardship forester for owners of 7 or more forested acres
The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection writes a customized Forest Stewardship Plan based on the landowner's goals, including on-site visits and expert guidance. Plans can cover wildfire risk mitigation, forest inventories, forest health, wildlife habitat, tree planting and care, and information on financial assistance. Plans are provided at no cost and with no obligation.
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Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry & Fire Protection · AK
Reimbursement of up to $15,000, with no match required, for thinning, pruning, scarification, sanitation harvests and invasive species removal on 5 or more forested acres
A USDA Forest Service-funded cost-share program run by the Division of Forestry & Fire Protection. A Forest Stewardship Program forester verifies the need for eligible practices, usually with a site visit, and then develops a Forest Stewardship Plan with specific implementation requirements. Eligible practices are thinning to reduce stand density, pruning to remove ladder fuels, scarification to promote fire-resistant hardwood regeneration, sanitation harvests of insect-killed or damaged trees, and mechanical or chemical removal of invasive species, particularly Prunus padus and Prunus virginiana. Reimbursement uses predetermined rates set by the division (2026 rate sheet on the page).
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Alabama Department of Revenue, Property Tax Division, and county assessing officials · AL
Timberland is assessed on state-set current use values ($364 to $837 per acre for tax year October 1, 2025) instead of market value
Under Sections 40-7-25.1 through 40-7-25.3 of the Code of Alabama, owners of Class III property (agricultural, forest, and owner-occupied single-family residential property) can apply to have it valued at its current use rather than fair market value. Forest property qualifies when it is used for the growing and sale of timber and forest products. The Department of Revenue publishes the per-acre values each year; the CU-2026 directive sets timberland at $837 (good productivity), $638 (average), $454 (poor) and $364 (non-productive) per acre for the tax year beginning October 1, 2025. If the land is converted to another use, the county revalues it at market value and can charge rollback taxes for the preceding three tax years.
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Alabama Forestry Commission · AL
Free on-the-ground planning help and a written Stewardship Forest Management Plan from Alabama Forestry Commission foresters for owners of 10 or more forested acres
The Alabama Forestry Commission's Forest Stewardship Program gives non-industrial private forest landowners free on-the-ground planning assistance and, on request, a written Stewardship Forest Management Plan designed to meet the landowner's objectives. The Commission says all recommended forest management plans and advice are offered at no cost; it typically starts with a stand management recommendation for a specific situation and then a plan for the whole property. Landowners who meet all requirements can earn a Stewardship Forest designation after a field inspection, and can progress toward TREASURE Forest certification. The program is not a cost-share program; cost-share for carrying out a plan may be available through other programs.
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Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division · AR
Bare-root pine and hardwood seedlings grown by the state nursery for reforestation, plus $30 wildlife and beautification bundles of 10 trees
The Forestry Division grows and sells forest tree seedlings at Baucum Nursery in North Little Rock for reforestation on Arkansas land. Stock includes genetically improved 1, 2 and 3 Star loblolly pine, advanced-generation shortleaf pine, containerized pines, improved cherrybark and Nuttall oak, and a range of oaks and other hardwoods such as baldcypress, black walnut, pecan, persimmon, redbud and sweetgum. Wildlife and beautification bundles of 10 trees (two each of five species) are $30 each. Seedlings are lifted bare-root in the fall when dormant and delivered to cooler pickup locations around the state. The division does not plant seedlings and gives no survival warranty, though it says about 90 percent survival can be expected with proper handling.
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Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Forestry Division · AR
Free forest management plan and technical help from Forestry Division foresters for private owners of 10 or more forested acres
Private landowners with at least 10 acres of forest can get a forest management plan prepared at no cost by a multi-disciplinary team of natural resource professionals, followed by technical assistance to carry it out. Landowners who make significant progress can be nominated and certified as forest stewards, receiving a certificate and a sign. Separately, Forestry Division foresters offer free technical assistance on request: land examinations, written management plans, sample timber sale contracts and market lists, insect and disease help, information on cost-share programs covering 50 percent or more of tree planting and timber stand improvement costs, and timber tax information. Fire lane construction ($85 per hour) and prescribed burning ($50 per acre, $575 minimum) are fee-based.
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Arkansas Department of Agriculture, Urban and Community Forestry Program · AR
Free native bare-root seedlings handed out to Arkansans at locations across the state each spring around Arbor Day
Each spring the Arkansas Department of Agriculture celebrates Arbor Day with its Free Tree Friday campaign, distributing free native bare-root seedlings at locations across the state to encourage tree planting. The campaign is funded by the USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Program in partnership with the department. A species guide and a how-to-plant guide for bare-root trees are posted with each year's event. Anyone wanting more seedlings can buy them in bulk from Baucum Nursery.
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Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management · AZ
Help from state foresters writing a forest stewardship plan and advice on forest health, insects and disease for private woodland owners
Arizona's Forest Stewardship Program, funded by the USDA Forest Service and delivered by the Department of Forestry and Fire Management, helps private forest and woodland owners develop management plans and gives technical assistance on forest health. In federal fiscal year 2025 the program received $62,785 and 338 landowners received educational or technical assistance. The companion Forest Health program advises landowners on insects and diseases threatening their trees.
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CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) · CA
Reimburses 90% of costs (80% for ownerships of 500 acres or more) for reforestation, site prep, thinning, pruning and wildlife habitat work on private forestland
CFIP is CAL FIRE's cost-share program for nonindustrial private forest landowners. It pays most of the cost of a Forest Management Plan written by a Registered Professional Forester and of practices such as reforestation, site preparation, stand improvement, pruning and fish and wildlife habitat improvement. Broadcast, controlled or cultural burning is not eligible.
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CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection) · CA
Grants of $150,000 to $1,500,000 to cities, counties, districts and nonprofits for tree planting, green schoolyards and urban forest management; residents benefit through local plantings
CAL FIRE funds local governments and nonprofits to plant and care for trees in California communities, convert schoolyards to green space, write urban forest management plans and train urban forestry workers. Residents do not apply directly; they benefit when their city, school district or a local tree nonprofit wins a grant and plants trees in their neighborhood. Projects serving disadvantaged or low-income communities receive special consideration.
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Colorado State Forest Service · CO
Low-cost Colorado-grown bare-root and container seedlings (about $26 to $36 per bundle of 25 in spring 2026) for windbreaks, wildlife habitat and reforestation on one or more acres
The CSFS nursery on CSU's Foothills Campus in Fort Collins grows native and adapted trees and shrubs for conservation planting. Landowners order through their local CSFS field office or conservation district; forms come out in mid-November and trees are delivered in early May. The spring 2026 order form listed bare-root bundles of 25 at $25.75 for conservation-district cooperators and $36.00 retail. A donor-funded Restoring Colorado's Forests Fund gives no-cost seedlings to owners of previously forested land hit by wildfire or other disasters (2026 applications June 1 to September 30).
Advice and site visitsState
Colorado State Forest Service · CO
A CSFS forester will visit your property to assess wildfire risk, pests and forest health and help you build a management plan
Colorado State Forest Service field offices offer two services to private owners: homesite assessments, where a forester evaluates a property for wildfire risk, tree pests and overall forest health, and the Forest Stewardship Program, where landowners work with a CSFS forester to develop a management plan for their forestland. About 7 million acres of Colorado forest are privately owned.
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Colorado State Forest Service with county assessors · CO
Forestland of 40 or more contiguous acres managed for wood products is valued for property tax like agricultural land
Created by the Colorado legislature in 1990 and run by the Colorado State Forest Service, Forest Ag lets owners of working forestland receive a property tax valuation similar to agricultural land. Owners must follow a CSFS-approved Forest Stewardship Plan and Annual Work Plan that produce tangible wood products such as sawlogs, posts, poles, firewood or Christmas trees. CSFS inspects the work each year and recommends qualifying properties to the county assessor.
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Forestry Division, with municipal tax assessors · CT
Woodland of 25 or more acres classified as Forest Land is assessed at its use value ($200 per acre as of May 2026) instead of market value
Connecticut's Public Act 490 lets owners of qualifying forest, farm, open space and maritime heritage land have it assessed at current use value rather than fair market value for local property tax. For Forest Land (CGS Sec. 12-107b), the land must meet forest stocking, distribution and condition standards set by the State Forester, as determined in a Qualified Forester's Report prepared by a private certified forester the owner hires. DEEP lists the recommended PA 490 Forest Land value at $200 per acre as of May 29, 2026. Classified land is subject to a conveyance tax if sold or changed to another use within the period set in CGS 12-504a through 12-504h.
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Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Forestry Division · CT
Up to one full day per calendar year of free advice, maps and a site visit from a DEEP Service Forester, usually for woodlands of 10 acres or more
DEEP's three Service Foresters give private and municipal forest landowners, conservation groups and other organizations unbiased management recommendations at no charge. On request they will discuss your goals, provide digital property maps (boundaries, topography, soils), visit the site, prepare a woodland evaluation summarizing tree and plant species, invasives and habitat quality, and recommend action steps. Topics include stewardship planning, wildlife habitat, invasive species, forest health, climate-smart forestry and carbon markets, conservation options and funding programs. Service Foresters do not write Forest Stewardship Plans; after a visit they provide important components of a plan and refer landowners to a certified forester for the rest.
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Delaware Forest Service, Delaware Department of Agriculture · DE
30-year exemption from county property tax for 10 or more contiguous forested acres managed under an approved forest management plan
Under Delaware's Commercial Forest Plantation Act (Title 3, Chapter 26), owners of qualifying forest land can have it exempted from county property taxes for 30 years. The land needs a forest management plan approved by the Delaware Forest Service, and the application form must be completed by a Delaware Forest Service forester. The exemption must be renewed on expiration or on a change in ownership, though some local jurisdictions continue it automatically. When land is sold, the seller must notify the buyer before the sale and file the transfer form with the forester; the buyer accepts or declines with the acceptance form. If the seller does not notify the buyer, the county can put the property back on the assessment list and demand back taxes from the seller.
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Delaware Forest Service, Delaware Department of Agriculture · DE
90 to 100 percent cost share for tree planting (no cap), invasive species removal and prescribed fire (up to $10,000 each) on projects of 3 or more acres
A $1.5 million cost-share fund from the USDA Forest Service Landowner Assistance Program, administered by the Delaware Forest Service. It pays for reforestation of former pine monocultures or high-graded hardwood stands (oak, shortleaf pine, Atlantic white cedar, bald cypress, pitch pine), afforestation with any native species except loblolly pine, removal of plants on the Delaware Invasive Species Council list, and prescribed fire including fire breaks and burn plans. Site preparation, post-planting maintenance and tree shelters are eligible. Most payments are at 90 percent; landowners who have owned Delaware forestland for 10 years or less, own in priority areas, are limited-resource producers, or are veterans honorably discharged in the prior 10 years get 100 percent. Fire and invasive work is reimbursed after verification; tree planting is paid directly to suppliers and contractors.
Advice and site visitsState
Delaware Forest Service, Delaware Department of Agriculture · DE
Free on-site visit and customized Forest Stewardship Plan from a Delaware Forest Service forester for private woodland owners
A Delaware Forest Service forester walks your land with you, discusses your management objectives and writes a customized Forest Stewardship Plan covering goals such as wildlife habitat, riparian areas, timber or recreation, which you review and approve. There is no cost to the landowner for preparing the plan, and participation is voluntary, though landowners are asked to make a good-faith commitment to carry out the recommended practices, either themselves or with hired professionals. Several cost-share programs are available to help implement the plan, and a stewardship plan is required for Forest Legacy easements and for Forest Resiliency Fund projects on 10 or more forested acres.
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Florida Forest Service (FDACS) · FL
Low-cost bare-root and containerized pine seedlings grown at the state nursery, sold in lots of 1,000 with 500- and 250-seedling options
The Florida Forest Service grows more than 4 million bare-root pine seedlings a year at Andrews Nursery in Chiefland, plus containerized longleaf, slash and sand pine and wiregrass. Seedlings are sold to the public first come, first served through an online store until each type sells out.
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Florida Forest Service (FDACS) · FL
A field visit by a team of resource professionals and a customized ten-year forest management plan
State-delivered version of the USDA Forest Stewardship Program. Landowners get a field meeting with foresters and wildlife biologists, a written plan with a ten-year timeline, documentation of active management that can help with tax classification, a quarterly newsletter from UF/IFAS, and the chance to be recognized as a certified Forest Steward.