2022 GREETINGS!
We are gearing up for another year of service to Florida’s private landowners, foresters, natural resource professionals, extension community, and others involved in the management and conservation of our forests and natural resources. Despite the continued challenges with COVID variants we are planning to get back to some in-person events and tours, and we’ll again be making good use of virtual meeting technologies as appropriate. See the Florida Land Steward events calendar for upcoming opportunities.
TAX TIPS FOR FOREST LANDOWNERS FOR THE 2021 TAX YEAR
We are very happy to report that the annual tax tips that so many of us have depended on over the years are back, thanks to our dedicated forest business extension specialists at UF, UGA and the US Forest Service. To help you understand the forestry specific tax provisions and how the general tax rules apply to your forestry activities, here are the Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2021 Tax Year.
2022 FORESTRY TAX WEBINARS START TUESDAY, JANUARY 18
A regional initiative of the Woodland Stewards Extension Program, this webinar series will help private forest landowners understand timber tax rules, how timber expenses should be reported, and how we are taxed. Knowing timber tax rules will help you keep your records in line and save money. These webinars will take place January 18, 25, and February 1, 8, and 15, 2022. Learn more and sign up to receive reminders about these webinars at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ForestryTaxWebinars
JUMPSTART YOUR OUTREACH EFFORTS IN 2022 WITH FLORIDA PROJECT LEARNING TREE
As a forest landowner and/or certified Tree Farmer, you play an essential role in educating the public about the importance of trees, forests, and sustainable forest management to our communities, economy, and the environment.
Florida Project Learning Tree (PLT) can help! PLT provides educators and forestry professionals with professional development, hands-on activities, and multi-disciplinary curriculum that can be easily integrated into lesson plans and outreach efforts to help teach youth about trees, forests, and the environment. Partner with Florida PLT to host an educator professional development on your property. This provides educators with a unique opportunity to see and experience a sustainable working forest firsthand while participating in hands-on activities and exploring ways to incorporate PLT activities into curriculum.
If you are interested in hosting a PLT training experience on your property, contact Elise Cassie, ecassie@ufl.edu. Learn more about Florida PLT at https://programs.ifas.ufl.edu/plt/
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 OF NORTH FLORDIA PRESCRIBED BURN ASSOCIATION’S FIRE IN THE PINES NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
In this issue: Message from the President, January to March Weather Outlook, NFPBA Website & Generous Donation, PBA at Work: Planting Longleaf at Jim Fischer’s, NFPBA Coordinator’s Report, Ag Commissioner Nikki Fried Recognizes Importance of Prescribed Fire, Membership Update, Hotspot Profile. Read this issue of Fire in the Pines here.
PRESCRIBED BURN ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FROM ATTACK-ONE FIRE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION, AND ALACHUA CONSERVATION TRUST
These organizations are available to meet onsite with landowners to discuss their goals and assist with prescribed burn prescription and implementation.
Attack-One Fire Management Services is grant-funded to assist landowners with current NRCS contracts with prescribed fire planning and implementation throughout Florida and Georgia. We can also assist landowners who have former NRCS contracts with prescribed fire consultation, planning and implementation with active Gopher Tortoise habitat present. For more information email Kevin Carter, kevin@attack-one.com or call (850) 926-6534
Tall Timbers Research Station is funded by a Longleaf Legacy Landscape project to provide fire consultation, planning, and implementation to private landowners in the Florida Panhandle from Pensacola to Lake City and in west Georgia as far north as the Chattahoochee Fall Line (Columbus, GA). Contact Jeremiah Cates, jcates@talltimbers.org, (850) 381-8707. Also see their web page for more details: Private Lands Prescribed Fire Project – Tall Timbers
Alachua Conservation Trust has a prescribed fire specialist available to assist private landowners with burn planning and implementation in Alachua, Putnam, Marion, Levy, Bradford, Clay, Union, and portions of Columbia, Suwannee, Flagler, Volusia, Lake, Sumter, and Citrus Counties. Contact Barry Coulliette at barry@alachuaconservationtrust.org , 904-838-8591. Barry is also the Coordinator for the North Florida Prescribed Burn Association.
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UPCOMING EVENTS AND WEBINARS
See our Events Calendar and News page for upcoming events, webinars, webinar and event materials, and the latest news on assistance programs and other opportunities and information.
ACCESS THE QUARTERLY FLORIDA LAND STEWARD NEWSLETTER ONLINE
Access the current and back issues of the quarterly Florida Land Steward newsletter here.
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The mission of the UF/IFAS Florida Land Steward Program is to help and encourage private landowners to actively manage their land resources for long-term environmental, economic, and social benefits. This program is largely supported by partners and donors. If this program has made a difference in your land stewardship efforts please consider a gift. Support the UF/IFAS Florida Land Steward Program here. Thanks!
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