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Virginia Department of Forestry (Augusta Forestry Center) · VA
More than 40 species of bare-root pine, spruce and hardwood seedlings sold at cost, plus pollinator, wildlife and riparian buffer packs
The Virginia Department of Forestry grows seedlings at its Augusta and Garland Gray nurseries and sells them at cost to private and public landowners for planting in Virginia. Stock includes 1-, 2- and 3-year-old bare-root seedlings, longleaf and shortleaf pine for restoration, and specialty packs such as fall color, pollinator, quail habitat, riparian buffer and wildlife. Orders over 1,000 trees go through a separate reforestation order program.
Advice and site visitsState
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation · VT
A state County Forester will walk your woods with you, discuss your goals and point you to management professionals and programs
Vermont's County Foresters provide forest management and stewardship information, technical assistance and outreach to landowners. Staff can take a walk with you in your woods to look at the land, discuss your goals and review possible management activities, give you contact information for forest management professionals, and tell you about current state and federal programs including Use Value Appraisal (Current Use). Most County Foresters also help municipalities manage town forests. The department describes your local County Forester as your first and most valuable resource for learning how to manage your land.
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Vermont Department of Taxes, Division of Property Valuation and Review, with the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation · VT
Enrolled forest land is taxed on its use value ($208 per acre for 2026) instead of its market value
Vermont's Use Value Appraisal program, created in 1978 and now called Current Use, taxes enrolled farm and forest land on its value for producing wood or food rather than its development value. The Current Use Advisory Board set the 2026 use value at $208 per acre for forest land, $156 per acre for forest land more than a mile from a Class I, II or III road, and $537 per acre for agricultural land. More than 19,000 parcels totaling over 2.5 million acres are enrolled. Enrolled forest land must follow a forest management plan approved by the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, updated every 10 years, and owners file a Forest Management Activity Report each year there is management activity. The state records a lien on enrolled land; if land is developed or withdrawn, a Land Use Change Tax is assessed on the developed portion.
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Washington State Department of Revenue and county assessors · WA
Land of 5 or more contiguous acres grown for timber is taxed on state-set forest land values instead of market value, and standing timber is exempt from property tax
Under chapter 84.33 RCW, county assessors value Designated Forest Land using forest land values the Department of Revenue certifies each year by land grade and operability class, rather than highest-and-best-use market value. Timber on the land is exempt from real property tax; a timber excise tax is paid instead when timber is harvested. A related Timber Land classification exists under the Open Space program (chapter 84.34 RCW).
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Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Small Forest Landowner Office · WA
Free site visit and management advice from a DNR service forester for owners of 5 or more forested acres
DNR's Service Forestry Program, run with the USDA Forest Service, sends a forester to walk your land, assess forest health, point out problems and opportunities and recommend practices. With WSU Extension's coached planning classes, foresters help you write a Forest Stewardship Plan, which can qualify you for cost-share, current-use property tax programs and certification. The Small Forest Landowner Office also runs the Family Forest Fish Passage Program (replacing culverts) and the Forestry Riparian Easement Program (payment for a 40-year easement on qualifying streamside timber).
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Washington State Department of Natural Resources · WA
Bare-root and plug conifer seedlings at $0.60 to $1.40 each, sold by the bag, for reforestation on Washington land
The state-run Webster Forest Nursery in Olympia grows native conifer seedlings so small forest landowners can replant after harvest or restore their woods. For the 2026-27 season, 2+0 stock is $0.80 per seedling (up to 600) or $0.60 (600 or more); 1+1 stock is $1.10 or $0.80; P+1 and P+0 are $1.40 or $0.90. Seedlings are sold only in full-bag quantities, picked up by appointment in Olympia or shipped by UPS within Washington for $25 per bag.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Reforestation Program · WI
Bareroot tree and shrub seedlings in lots of 300 or more, with optional delivery for $7 per 300-1,000 seedlings
The Wisconsin DNR's Reforestation Program sells bareroot conifer, hardwood and shrub seedlings grown at the Griffith State Nursery in Wisconsin Rapids for reforestation and wildlife plantings. Orders are placed in the online nursery store, and the DNR offers low-cost delivery or pickup. County DNR foresters can help choose species and plan a planting.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry · WI
Enrolled woodland pays a flat acreage tax instead of regular property tax: $1.90 per acre (open) or $9.49 per acre (closed) for 2023-2027 entries
Wisconsin's Managed Forest Law trades reduced property taxes for a 25- or 50-year commitment to manage private woodland under a plan written by a DNR-certified plan writer. Owners choose whether to keep the land open to public hunting, fishing and hiking (lower tax) or closed (higher tax). It is the only Wisconsin forest tax law still open to new enrollment.
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West Virginia Division of Forestry · WV
Technical and financial assistance to prepare a Forest Stewardship Management Plan for 10 or more contiguous forested acres
The Forest Stewardship Program offers technical and financial assistance to private landowners who want to plan and manage their forestland for multiple uses such as wood products, wildlife, recreation and aesthetics. A Forest Stewardship Management Plan describes current stand conditions and recommends future activities based on the landowner's goals. The plan must be written by a public or private Stewardship-certified professional forester or technician.
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West Virginia Division of Forestry · WV
On-site, personalized visit from a Division of Forestry Service Forester for private woodland of any size
The Division of Forestry provides technical forestry help to private landowners through its Service Foresters, who offer on-site, personalized visits, and refers landowners to private consulting foresters. The division's management assistance includes the Forest Legacy, Managed Timberland and Stewardship programs, help with invasive pests such as spongy moth and emerald ash borer, the multi-state Call Before You Cut line (1-888-498-2292) for owners thinking about a timber harvest, and Women Owning Woodlands workshops.
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West Virginia Division of Forestry with county assessors and the State Tax Commissioner · WV
Managed timberland property valuation for 10 or more contiguous wooded acres managed under a forester's plan
The Managed Timberland Program gives property tax incentives to owners of nonindustrial private forestland who practice sustainable forestry. Certified land is valued under managed timberland property valuation. Owners must either have a Registered Forester or Forestry Technician manage the timber or follow a plan signed by one; the plan covers the owner's objectives, keeping at least 40 percent forest cover of well-distributed non-invasive trees, continuous timber production, pest monitoring, a species and volume inventory, a stand map and a schedule of silvicultural activities. Most private owners can receive up to 75 percent cost share toward the management plan.
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Wyoming State Forestry Division · WY
Resource management advice and a long-term stewardship plan or shorter practice plan from a state forester, with no maximum acreage
The Forest Stewardship Program brings professional resource management expertise to private landowners across Wyoming and helps them develop management plans for their long-term objectives. Long-term plans cover the property's history, current condition and future potential and address water, vegetation, wildlife and soils. Landowners can also get help on a specific issue such as insect and disease identification, timber management or wildlife habitat without a full plan, which may result in an abbreviated practice plan. The division states that FSP is not a cost-share program; it provides sound resource management advice.
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Wyoming State Forestry Division, Urban and Community Forestry Program · WY
50/50 matching grants of $1,000 to $5,000 for volunteer-driven tree planting on public property
This 50/50 cost-share grant helps local communities, non-profit groups, conservation organizations and others plant trees to improve urban and community forests. Grant requests range from $1,000 to $5,000 and must be matched equally with non-federal cash; a $1,000 request needs at least $1,000 in local cash for a $2,000 project. Up to 20 percent of the local match may go toward shrubs, and mulch, protective fencing, staking and irrigation can count toward project cost. Payments are reimbursements after the project is completed and documented with photos.
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Wyoming State Forestry Division with WYDOT and local conservation districts · WY
State funding to plant and maintain rows of trees, shrubs and native grasses on private land along state highways to trap drifting snow
The Living Snow Fence Program, started in 1998, is a cooperative effort of WYDOT, the Wyoming State Forestry Division, local conservation districts and private landowners. It provides funds to cover the costs of planting and maintaining living snow fences, which are plantings of trees, shrubs and/or native grasses that trap blowing and drifting snow along state-maintained highways, including interstates. As of the program page, 57 projects have been installed protecting 55,529 feet of public roadway. Living snow fences last about 50 to 75 years compared with 20 to 25 years for wooden fences and also provide wildlife habitat.
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Greening Australia
Join free community planting days and workshops run around Australia
Greening Australia, a national not-for-profit, runs community events and workshops including planting days, listed on its events calendar and filterable by state and month. Where it has no event near you it points you to local bushcare, Landcare, Friends or nursery groups. Tailored corporate volunteering days are reserved for business supporters giving $10,000 or more a year.
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Landcare Australia
Periodic grants to community groups for native planting and restoration projects (e.g. Healthy Cities Landcare Grants, bushfire recovery grants)
Landcare Australia runs corporate- and government-funded grant rounds for Landcare and community groups. Recent rounds include the 2026 Healthy Cities Landcare Grants (31 groups funded, over 100,000 native trees, shrubs and ground covers to be planted) and the Victorian Bushfire Recovery Grants 2026. Rounds open and close through the year.
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Natural Resources Canada
Federal funding to organizations that plant trees; residents and landowners get trees through those delivery partners, not directly
A Government of Canada program that provides financial support to organizations to plant trees over ten years, to 2031. Individuals do not apply to it directly; provinces, municipalities, conservation authorities and nonprofits with 2BT agreements run the planting projects that landowners and residents can join.
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Forests Canada
Subsidized large-scale tree planting on private land, planned and planted by a local planting partner
Forests Canada's landowner planting program lowers the cost of planting trees on private property. Eligible project types are afforestation, riparian buffers, windbreaks and forest restoration. A local planting partner (forestry consultant, conservation authority or stewardship group) visits the site, prepares a plan and cost estimate, plants the trees and checks survival in years two and five.
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Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Green Municipal Fund (funded by the Government of Canada; coaching by Tree Canada)
Funding for municipal tree planting, urban forestry plans and studies, and urban forestry staff grants of up to $150,000
A $291 million Green Municipal Fund initiative, funded by the Government of Canada and delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, that helps communities plant trees and manage urban forests through 2031. It offers tree planting funding, funding for urban forestry plans and studies, urban forestry staff grants, and coaching from Tree Canada urban forestry coaches. Residents benefit through their municipality's planting projects rather than applying themselves.
VolunteerNonprofit
Bergwaldprojekt e.V.
A free one-week forest, moor or landscape work placement with meals and shared lodging provided; you pay only your travel
Bergwaldprojekt e.V. is a German nonprofit that runs week-long volunteer projects in forests, moors and open landscapes in every German federal state. Volunteers plant trees, build protective fences, restore moors and do other conservation work under professional project leaders, with at least one half-day excursion per week. Participation is free; the organization provides vegetarian meals (vegan on request) and simple accommodation such as forest huts, campsites or group houses.
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Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat / BMUKN, administered by Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (FNR)
Annual per-hectare payments over 10 or 20 years for private and municipal forest owners who commit to 11 or 12 climate-adapted management criteria
A federal programme, started November 2022 and financed since January 2024 from the Aktionsprogramm Natürlicher Klimaschutz, that pays forest owners yearly for managing their whole forest holding to a set of criteria: favouring natural regeneration, site-suited species, no clear-cutting, at least five habitat trees per hectare, 30 m skid-trail spacing, no fertiliser or pesticides, water retention, and (mandatory above 100 ha) 5% natural forest development. Funding is applied for and approved yearly over a 10- to 20-year commitment. Payment rates are set out in the calculation scheme documents on the FNR site.
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Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Souveraineté alimentaire
National plan with a 110 million euro budget from 2024 to fund hedge planting and management, aiming for a net gain of 50,000 km of hedgerows by 2030
A national plan presented on 29 September 2023 that covers all hedges, agricultural or not, and the people involved from nurseries to owners and managers. It has 25 actions and a stated budget of 110 million euros from 2024 on top of existing public funding. The ministry page describes the plan rather than a single application form; hedge-planting aid is delivered through regional and departmental programmes.
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Woodland Trust
Free packs of 15, 30, 105 or 420 native saplings (up to four packs, max 420 trees), delivered in March or November
The Woodland Trust gives free sapling packs to schools, councils and not-for-profit community groups to plant on land they have permission to use. Packs come in eight species mixes, with trees 20-60 cm tall; tree protection is not included. There are two deliveries a year, in March and November.
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Woodland Trust (funded by Lloyds Bank)
Up to 75% of the cost of trees, protection and advice for 100-250 m of new hedgerow
A Woodland Trust scheme that part-funds new hedgerows on farms and private land. The Trust supplies the hedge plants, tree protection and expert advice; the landowner pays the remainder and commits to looking after the hedge for at least 30 years. A large tree must be planted every six metres along the hedge.
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Woodland Trust (funded by Lloyds Bank)
Up to 75% of the cost of trees, protection and advice for 0.5 ha or more of new woodland (up to 60% if a contractor plants)
A Woodland Trust scheme that subsidises new woodland on private land. The Trust provides a site visit, woodland design, species mix, the trees, tree protection and advisor support; the landowner pays the balance, roughly 40-80p per tree plus VAT when self-planting. Contractor planting is available for sites of 1 ha or more in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Trees for Cities
Free community tree-planting days, a Tree Watering Champion scheme and summer tree-care events in UK towns and cities
Trees for Cities runs urban planting projects with local communities. Residents can join planting days in parks, streets and estates during the October to March planting season, water newly planted trees near them as a Tree Watering Champion, or attend summer maintenance events. Its Trees for Schools programme (Healthy Playgrounds, Edible Playgrounds, tree planting) works with urban schools, funded by partners.
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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Forestry Programme 2023-2027)
100% establishment grant (e.g. €6,744/ha for Native Forests) plus annual premiums (e.g. €1,103/ha for Native Forests) for 20 years for farmers or 15 years for non-farmers
Ireland's national afforestation grant under the Forestry Programme 2023-2027. It covers establishment costs for twelve forest types, from Native Forests (FT1) and Pure Broadleaves (FT6) to agroforestry and mixed conifer-broadleaf forests, and pays an annual per-hectare premium for 20 years (farmers) or 15 years (non-farmers); agroforestry types get 10 years. Additional fencing, deer-protection and environment-report grants are available, and FT1 and FT2 qualify for a once-off Woodland Environmental Fund payment.
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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
€6,744/ha establishment grant plus €2,206/ha (NTA 1) or €2,284/ha (NTA 2) a year for 10 years, for plots of 0.1-1 ha with no licence needed
A scheme for small native woodlands on farmed land in Ireland that does not require an afforestation licence. NTA 1 funds small native forests and NTA 2 funds small native forests for water protection along watercourses. Each pays a first grant of €5,058/ha and a second of €1,686/ha, then ten annual premiums. Deer tree shelter (up to €1,600/ha) and fencing grants can be added.
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Trees on the Land
Native bare-root tree mixes supplied each winter to landowners, schools and community sites across all 32 counties of Ireland
A not-for-profit project that supplies bare-rooted native forestry-grade whips to farmers, smallholders, community groups, sports clubs, councils, schools, colleges and other landowners across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Trees are distributed and planted between December and March each year, with low-impact establishment (minimal ground preparation, few guards and stakes, no chemical weedkillers), and recipients look after the trees. It is funded by donations, sponsorship, grants and contributions from participating landowners.
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Urgenda with Stichting MEERGroen and Caring Farmers
Free rescued tree and shrub seedlings for anyone with space to plant them, plus free species advice; pick up at local hubs between November and March
Meer Bomen Nu is a national campaign by Urgenda, Stichting MEERGroen and Caring Farmers that moves over half a million young trees and shrubs each winter from places where they cannot grow (such as under mature forest) to new sites. Volunteers dig up seedlings at harvest days; anyone with land registers as a planting location and collects free trees from hubs listed in the online Bomenplanner. Registered users get free planting advice (Bomenvinder) matched to their soil type.