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Nevada Division of Forestry · NV
50:50 reimbursable sub-grants to private forest landowners with 5 or more acres of native trees to treat insect- and disease-affected forest
With U.S. Forest Service funding passed through the Nevada Division of Forestry, this program gives technical assistance and reimbursable sub-grants on a 50:50 basis to private forest landowners so they can manage vegetation on forest hit by insects and disease using best practices. The page says the program is now accepting applications and links a Forest Service tax tip document on the tax consequences of the funding.
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Nevada Division of Forestry · NV
Site visit and a 10-year Stewardship Plan from state foresters for anyone with 2 or more acres of nonfederal land
Nevada Division of Forestry staff work with landowners to write a Stewardship Plan: the landowner sets objectives, NDF staff tour the land and inventory its resources, NDF develops alternative management options, and the landowner picks one and the plan is signed. Plans can cover goals such as watershed and riparian restoration, habitat enhancement, invasive species removal and post-wildfire rehabilitation, and can be used when applying for financial assistance (Landscape Scale Restoration, NRCS EQIP and CSP, Urban and Community Forestry grants, the Nevada Sagebrush Ecosystem Program) and permits. NDF notes that many funding options require a match and reimburse only after work is done.
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Nevada Division of Forestry · NV
Native and locally adapted tree, shrub, grass and wildflower seedlings for conservation plantings, sold at state nurseries in Washoe Valley and Las Vegas
The Nevada Division of Forestry has run a nursery program since 1957 that sells native and adapted plant materials and gives technical advice so private landowners and public agencies can plant windbreaks, shelterbelts, woodlots, erosion control, wildlife food and cover, post-fire restoration and riparian restoration. The Washoe Conservation Nursery (885 Eastlake Blvd., Washoe Valley, between Carson City and Reno) grows plants for the Great Basin and Sierra Nevada; the Las Vegas Conservation Nursery (9600 Tule Springs Rd.) grows plants for the Mojave Desert. Each nursery can produce up to 250,000 plants a year, and plants are typically sold as seedlings 1 to 3 years old. The program also holds plant sales twice a year at the NDF Elko Arboretum and offers custom growing.
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation · NY
Property tax exemption of up to 80 percent of the assessed value on enrolled forest land, in exchange for following a DEC-approved management plan
Section 480-a of the Real Property Tax Law gives owners of larger woodlots a property tax reduction if they commit to managing the land for forest crops under a plan written by a forester and approved by DEC. The exemption is the lesser of 80 percent of the per-acre assessment or the assessment minus $40 per acre adjusted by the town's equalization rate, and a 6 percent tax is paid on stumpage value when timber is sold. The commitment is recorded as a lien and runs 10 years from each annual exemption.
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation · NY
A free walk-through of your woodland with a DEC forester, who outlines management options and points you to cost-share and tax programs
DEC stewardship foresters in each region offer private, non-industrial forest landowners a free introductory site visit. The forester walks the property, discusses the owner's goals, explains what is growing there, and suggests next steps such as a stewardship plan, the Regenerate New York cost-share grant, EQIP, or 480-a. Work DEC foresters do not do, such as timber sale administration and 480-a plans, is referred to a list of private cooperating foresters.
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Saratoga Tree Nursery) · NY
Bare-root tree and shrub seedlings at roughly $25 to $30 per bundle of 25, or $80 to $90 per 100, grown from New York seed
The state-run Saratoga Tree Nursery grows about 1.2 million seedlings a year across more than 50 species and sells them to the public at low cost each winter and spring for conservation plantings on public and private land. In 2026 bareroot conifers were $25 per 25, hardwoods $30 per 25, and mixed pollinator, wildlife and riparian packets $35 to $80.
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Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry · OH
Certified forest land is taxed at 50% of the local property tax rate
Ohio's Forest Tax Law lets owners of managed woodland pay property tax at half the local rate on the certified forest acres. The Division of Forestry certifies the land after the owner adopts an approved forest management plan, written by a Division of Forestry service forester or a consulting forester, and commits to managing the woods for timber and forestry.
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Oklahoma Forestry Services, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry · OK
Free help from an Oklahoma Forestry Services forester to write a management plan for your trees and land
Oklahoma Forestry Services foresters walk landowners through planning and produce a written management plan tailored to the owner, the trees and the land. Foresters advise on reforestation, timber stand improvement, prescribed fire, harvesting and water quality best management practices, recommend grants and cost-share programs, and continue to help after the plan is written. The agency also offers tree seedlings, forest and tree health advice, windbreak and shelterbelt help and water quality assistance.
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Oklahoma Forestry Services, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry · OK
Bareroot conservation seedlings at $1.00 each in bundles of 50, plus containerized seedlings and wildlife and pollinator packages, with a $100 minimum order
Oklahoma Forestry Services grows pines, oaks, pecan, bald cypress, black locust and other conservation seedlings at its Forest Regeneration Center in Goldsby, south of Norman, and sells them online for the 2027 planting season. Bareroot seedlings are $1.00 each in single-species bundles of 50 (two species may be combined to meet the minimum); containerized seedlings come one species per flat. Seedlings are sold for conservation use only and may not be resold as live plants. Bareroot stock is available late January through early April; staff call when an order is ready and specific pickup dates cannot be requested.
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Oklahoma Forestry Services with Huber Engineered Woods · OK
Free pine seedlings for approved private landowners replanting harvested or converting land in nine southeastern Oklahoma counties
Trees for Oklahoma aims to expand pine reforestation in southeastern Oklahoma by helping private landowners plant one million pine seedlings a year on recently harvested land or land being converted to forest. Seedlings are provided at no cost to qualified landowners once an application is approved. The program is funded by Huber Engineered Woods LLC of Broken Bow and run through Oklahoma Forestry Services.
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Oregon Department of Forestry · OR
Free technical help from a local ODF stewardship forester, plus cost-share of up to 75% for a stewardship plan and up to 50% for bark beetle treatment
Oregon Department of Forestry stewardship foresters give free technical assistance to private forest landowners and small woodland owners on operation planning, management plans, rules, best practices, insects and disease, reforestation, young-stand management and financial incentives. Through the Forest Stewardship Program, ODF reimburses up to 75 percent of the cost of a stewardship plan written by a professional consultant (minimum 10 acres, pre-approval required). The Small Forestland Owner Office connects owners of under 5,000 acres to these programs, to SFISH stream-habitat grants that can pay up to 100 percent of project costs, and to the Forest Conservation Tax Credit.
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Oregon Department of Revenue and county assessors · OR
Owners of 10 to under 5,000 acres of forestland pay annual property tax on only 20 percent of the forestland value, with the rest recovered as a severance tax when timber is harvested
Oregon taxes forestland on a special forestland value rather than market value. The Small Tract Forestland program (ORS 321.700 to 321.754) goes further for small woodland owners: land is taxed at 20 percent of the forestland special assessment value, and a per-thousand-board-foot STF severance tax is paid only when timber is cut. The basic Forestland program (minimum 2 acres) carries no severance tax. Both require enough trees to meet Oregon Forest Practices Act stocking and species standards.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture with county assessment offices · PA
Property taxes on enrolled woodland are based on forest use value instead of market value, usually lowering the bill
Clean and Green is Pennsylvania's preferential assessment program for farmland, open space and forest. Land enrolled as Forest Reserve is assessed on county timber use values set each year by the Department of Agriculture rather than fair market value. More than 12 million acres are enrolled. Changing the land's use triggers seven years of roll-back taxes plus 6 percent simple interest.
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Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry · PA
One-on-one advice from your county's state service forester on managing woods, planting trees and finding cost-share money
DCNR's Bureau of Forestry assigns a service forester to every Pennsylvania county. They give private woodland owners and communities technical advice on sustainable forest management, tree planting, riparian buffers and water-quality practices, review Forest Stewardship and NRCS plans, explain cost-share options, and tell you how to hire a consulting forester. Service foresters advise but do not mark or sell timber.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission (Howard Nursery) · PA
Low-cost bare-root tree and shrub seedlings grown for wildlife food and cover, sold to the public when surplus is available
The Game Commission's Howard Nursery in Centre County grows bare-root seedlings for wildlife habitat on State Game Lands and, in years with surplus, sells them to the public in a January sale with spring pickup or shipping. Species vary each year with seed supply and growing conditions. The nursery also sells handcrafted wildlife homes (bluebird, bat, owl and wood duck boxes) and runs a separate free Seedlings for Schools program for K-12 schools.
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Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Forest Environment, with town tax assessors · RI
Managed woodland of 10 or more acres is assessed at its current-use value (recommended maximum $115 per acre) instead of its value as buildable land
Under Chapter 44-27 of the Rhode Island General Laws, land enrolled in the Farm, Forest and Open Space (FFOS) program is assessed at its current use rather than its development value. For forest land, the State Conservation Committee's recommended maximum value is $115 per acre for all DEM-certified managed woodlands. The law's stated purpose is to conserve productive farm and forest land; it does not guarantee a tax cut, only that assessment is based on current use. Farm and open space classifications exist too (farm: 5 acres and $2,500 in farm income; open space: 10 acres, assessed at 10 to 30 percent of fair market value depending on soils).
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Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Division of Forest Environment · RI
Technical assistance from the state Stewardship Forester for owners of forest land, including plan review and recertification for the Farm, Forest and Open Space tax program
DEM's Forest Stewardship Program, funded through the USDA Forest Service, gives technical assistance to owners of forest land where good stewardship will enhance and sustain forest resources. The Stewardship Forester approves forest management plans and recertifies properties for the Farm, Forest and Open Space Act; in 2025 the program made 106 site visits for 5-year plan reviews and recertified 85 properties, reviewed 29 intents-to-cut covering 617 acres and ran workshops with partners such as the RI Forest Conservators Organization, NRCS and URI. DEM lists tax reduction, estate planning, wildlife, cost-share opportunities and education as benefits of enrolling in FFOS, Forest Stewardship or NRCS EQIP.
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South Carolina Forestry Commission · SC
State and federal cost-share paying 40 to 90 percent of qualifying practices, mainly site preparation and tree planting on cutover land
The state Forest Renewal Program (FRP), administered by the Forestry Commission and funded mostly by a tax on roundwood processed by South Carolina's forest industry (the other 20 percent from state appropriations), reimburses landowners for part of the cost of practices such as site preparation, tree planting and herbicide application. The Commission also administers the federal Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program and helps landowners apply for USDA CRP (through FSA) and EQIP (through NRCS). Funds are limited and there is often a waiting list; work must not start before approval. Payment goes to the landowner after a Commission forester verifies the work and invoices are submitted, and landowners have 20 months to 3 years to finish, depending on the program.
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South Carolina Forestry Commission with ArborGen · SC
Loblolly pine from $73.20 per 1,000, containerized longleaf at $222.79 per 1,000 and 20-plus hardwoods from $390.41 per 1,000 at a negotiated Forestry Commission discount
The South Carolina Forestry Commission has negotiated an option for South Carolina landowners to buy forest tree seedlings grown by ArborGen at preferential prices. Bareroot loblolly pine is $73.20 (Select) or $82.75 (Elite) per 1,000 with a 1,000 minimum; unimproved containerized longleaf is $222.79 per 1,000 with a 250 minimum; hardwoods (cherrybark, pin, sawtooth, Shumard, southern red, water and willow oak and sweetgum at $390.41; chinkapin, laurel, live, northern red, post and white oak, bald cypress, pecan and persimmon at $427.54; overcup oak $461.49; Nuttall oak, swamp white oak and water hickory $500.74; swamp chestnut oak $610.02 per 1,000) have a 250 minimum per species.
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South Carolina Forestry Commission · SC
Free site visit, written management plan and reforestation and timber marketing advice from a county project forester for owners of 10 to 1,000 acres of woodland
South Carolina Forestry Commission project foresters walk a landowner's property and recommend ways to manage it for timber income, wildlife habitat and other goals, then write a management plan with a property map, woodland description and recommendations. They also advise on reforesting cutover or open land (vegetation control, species, spacing, finding a contractor, ordering seedlings and applying for cost-share) and on marketing timber (competitive bids, buyer lists, sample sale announcements and contracts). Basic forest management services are normally limited to five man-days per landowner per year; the Commission also offers fee-based services and equipment rentals.
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South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Resource Conservation and Forestry Division · SD
$500 for the first 40 acres plus $2.50 per additional acre, up to 50 percent of the cost and $1,500 per plan, toward hiring a professional forester to write a Forest Stewardship Plan on 20 or more forested acres
The Resource Conservation and Forestry Division reimburses landowners for part of the cost of having a natural resource professional with a forestry or related degree write a Forest Stewardship Plan. The rate is $500 for the first 40 acres and $2.50 per acre after that, not to exceed 50 percent of plan preparation cost, with a cap of $1,500 per plan. The application must be approved before the plan is written, the plan must meet State Forester criteria and be approved by the State Forester, and it should be finished within six months of approval. Payment follows plan approval and submission of an itemized cost statement and reimbursement forms.
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South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Resource Conservation and Forestry Division · SD
Free Forest Stewardship Plan written by state forestry staff, plus technical designs for practices such as windbreaks, living snow fences and wildlife plantings
Through the federal Forest Stewardship Program, South Dakota's Resource Conservation and Forestry Division helps private landowners manage their forest and related resources. Division professionals prepare a stewardship plan free of charge that assesses the property's limits and potential and recommends actions matched to the owner's goals; plans can be folded into farm and ranch conservation plans. Staff also provide technical designs for practices in the plan and information on cost-share. Landowners who complete a plan and carry out at least one practice receive a Stewardship Forest sign, a certificate and a letter from the State Forester. Owners may instead hire a consulting forester, with division approval of the plan and cost-share available for that option.
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Tennessee county assessors of property (State Board of Equalization) · TN
Forest land of 15 acres or more taxed on its present use instead of market value
Tennessee's Agricultural, Forest and Open Space Land Act (Greenbelt Law) lets qualifying forest land be assessed on its use value. Forest land means a forest unit of at least 15 acres grown under a sound program of sustained-yield management. If the land leaves the program, rollback taxes for three years are due.
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Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Division of Forestry · TN
Native pine, hardwood and wildlife seedlings in lots of 25 or more, with free pickup at six cooler locations
The state's East Tennessee Nursery in Delano grows tree seedlings for reforestation and conservation planting and sells them each fall and winter through the PlantTNtrees online store. Some species are sold only in lots of 25.
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and county appraisal districts · TX
Property tax based on the land's timber productivity value, usually lower than market value
Texas lets qualifying timberland be appraised on its ability to produce timber instead of its market value. The Comptroller publishes the application form and appraisal manual; the county appraisal district decides each application.
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Texas A&M Forest Service · TX
Reimbursement grants for tree planting and urban forestry projects; over $1.2 million offered statewide in 2026
Annual grant program run by Texas A&M Forest Service for public and non-profit entities. Six categories: community resiliency, human health enhancement and access, municipal forester, workforce development, tree planting, and watershed protection. Grants are reimbursement-based; awardees invoice eligible expenses after the work is done.
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Texas A&M Forest Service · TX
Free forester site visit and a written forest stewardship plan covering up to ten years
Texas A&M Forest Service foresters help landowners write a stewardship or management plan for timber, wildlife habitat, soil and water, or recreation. Plans cover up to ten years and the agency will visit the property on request (visits run about 30 minutes to four hours). Plan-writing and visits are offered at no cost to the landowner.
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Utah State Tax Commission, Property Tax Division, and county assessors · UT
Qualifying agricultural land of 5 or more contiguous acres is assessed on its productive capability instead of market value
Under the Utah Farmland Assessment Act, also called the Greenbelt Act, qualifying agricultural land is assessed and taxed on its productive capability instead of the prevailing market value. The Tax Commission sets per-acre productive values for each land class by county with a five-member advisory committee and Utah State University; counties accept applications, classify the land and administer rollback. If land later becomes ineligible, for example when it is developed, the owner owes a rollback tax equal to the difference between greenbelt taxes paid and market-value taxes for up to the five preceding years.
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Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands · UT
Help from a state Area Forester to write a Forest Stewardship Plan for private forest land of 10 or more acres
The Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands helps private forest landowners manage their forests and related resources so the land stays productive and healthy. The program provides resources to develop a Forest Stewardship Plan, which identifies the property's goals and priorities and recommends management activities to meet them. Common priorities in Utah include wildfire risk reduction, forest health, timber-based economic diversification and wildlife habitat enhancement.
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Virginia Department of Forestry · VA
Reimbursement for part of the cost of site preparation, planting and release when establishing pines on cutover land or worn-out fields
The Reforestation of Timberlands (RT) Program has helped Virginia landowners grow pines for more than 50 years. It is funded by the state's forest industry through the Forest Products Tax with a General Fund match, and reimburses a share of the cost of getting a pine crop started; DOF says a pine planting typically costs $100 to $250 per acre. A DOF forester helps pick eligible practices. DOF also runs a Hardwood Initiative Cost-Share Program covering 90 percent of approved hardwood management practices on tracts of 5 acres or more.