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Forest Stewardship Tax Law

The Forest Stewardship Tax Law offers tax incentives to landowners for preserving and protecting forest resources. The program reduces property taxes to a flat payment of $0.50 per acre per year on eligible lands.

Eligibility requires that the landowner must own a minimum of :

• 10 acres of contiguous native woodland, or

• 5 acres of contiguous planted trees (minimum of 60 feet in width), or

• 10 acres of combined native and planted contiguous woodlands

Counties Presently Participating:

Pembina, Walsh, Grand Forks, Cavalier, Wells, Benson, Ramsey and Nelson.

Please fill out the application in P D F format and mail to:

Trent Bristol

Stewardship Specialist

916 E. Interstate Ave. Ste. #4

Bismarck, ND 58503

Phone # (701) 328-9916 or Fax # (701) 328-9947 e-mail: Trent.Bristol@ndsu.edu

If you have any questions on filling out the application, please contact Trent Bristol, at Phone # (701) 328-9916 or e-mail: Trent.Bristol@ndsu.edu

 

  

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