Thinning and Pruning Workshop

Thinning and pruning are two of the best tools available to enhance the health, beauty, and habitat that your forest provides. Join WSU Extension for a hands-on workshop where you will learn how to thin and prune properly and safely.


The class will be taught by DNR Stewardship Forester Mike Nystrom and WSU Extension Forester Kevin "May the forest be with you" Zobrist.

Registration is $15 per individual or family, and includes one set of materials.

http://snohomish.wsu.edu/forestry/thinprune2010.htm

Saturday, November 6, 2010

10:30 AM - 3 PM
Sedro Woolley, WA

Topics will include:

• Why thin and prune
• Types of thinning
• When, how much, and how often to thin
• When and how to prune
• Tools of the trade

 

■Register by mail: Print out the Registration Form and mail in with your payment.
■Register online: https://ocrs.wsu.edu/Signup/?eventid=660

For questions or additional information, please contact Tamara Neuffer, WSU Extension Forest Stewardship Program Assistant, at 425-357-6017 or tneuffer at wsu dot edu.

Conservation Cost Sharing Workshop - Snoqualmie WA

If you've wondered about the subsidies you read about on this blog, like FLEP and EQIP, check out this free workshop offered by WSU Extension for rural landowners.

6:30-8:30 pm
Weds 11/10/10
Snoqualmie Library
Snoqualmie WA

Cost-share programs are there to help you fight invasive species, thin forests, plant trees, and enhance wildlife habitat.

Register on the WSU web site. Or call 425-357-6017 or e-mail TNeuffer at wsu dot edu.

Web Site about Tax Treatment of Timber

Very few sections of the Internal Revenue Code are written specifically for timber. This means there is a considerable amount of interpretation involved.

This website was developed to be used by timberland owners, as well as a reference source for accountants, attorneys, consulting foresters and other professionals who work with timberland owners by answering specific questions regarding the tax treatment of timber related activities.

http://www.timbertax.org/

The site appears to be independent and has USFS endorsement.

NRCS extends CSP deadline for conservation funds applicants

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced Oct. 8, 2010 that the ranking period cut-off date for producer applications in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has been extended to January 7, 2011.

Authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill, CSP offers payments to producers who maintain a high level of conservation on their land and who agree to adopt higher levels of stewardship. Non-industrial forestland is eligible.

CSP is offered in all 50 states, District of Columbia, and the Pacific and Caribbean areas through continuous sign-ups with announced cut-off dates for ranking periods. The program provides many conservation benefits including improvement of water and soil quality, wildlife habitat enhancement and adoption of conservation activities that address the effects of climate change.

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/new_csp/csp.html