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Tree Farmer Alert |
| Friday, February 8, 2010 |
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Landowners may Receive a Tax Break for Wildfire Mitigation CostsFor income tax years 2009 through 2013 Colorado residents may subtract from federal taxable income 50% of the costs incurred in performing wildfire mitigation measures authorized by a Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Insect and Disease QuarterlyThe Colorado State Forest Service has a new entomologist, Sky Stephens, who has instituted an excellent quarterly newletter covering the latest forestry related insect and disease issues. We'll be asking Sky to find answers to your insect and disease related questions and will publish her answers in Tree Farmer Alerts for all our readers to see. Her next newsletter will come out soon. We will be including links to this publication in Tree Farmer email Alerts as soon as they are issued. Here is a link to her first newsletter: http://csfs.colostate.edu/pdfs/2009NovemberI&DNewsletter.pdf New Tree Farm Standards of Sustainability for Forest CertificationLandowner Q&A Webinar on the new 2010-2015 Standards Spread the news! The new Standards were developed by an independent panel of experts, representing academia, conservation organizations, Federal and State governments, landowners, and foresters. Tree Farm is offering a series of Internet-based webinars this year that will feature additional information for landowners, volunteers, and forestry consultants. The one-hour webinar will cover how the new Standards will impact current forest management practices. Mark you calendar with the following webinar dates, register now, and make plans to join one or more of these webinars. Visit www.treefarmsystem.org/2010standards or www.forestfoundation.org/cff_standards.html to register for the webinars. |
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