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SOCIO-3: Policies, Regulations, and Laws

1 Key Findings

1.1 Federal Income Tax Incentives

1.2 Federal Estate Tax

1.3 Cost-Share Programs

1.4 Current-Use Property Valuation

1.5 Conservation Easements

1.6 Protective Regulatory Policies

1.7 Local Ordinances

1.8 Private Property Rights and Right-to-Practice Acts

2 Introduction

3 Federal Income Tax Incentives

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Methods

3.3 Data Sources

3.4 Results

3.5 Discussion and Conclusions

3.6 Needs for Additional Research

4 The Federal Estate Tax

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Methods

4.3 Response Rates

4.4 Results

4.5 Discussion and Conclusions

4.6 Needs for Additional Research

4.7 Acknowledgments

5 Federal and State Forestry Cost-Share Programs

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Methods and Data Sources

5.3 Results

5.4 Discussion and Conclusions

5.5 Future Research Needs

5.6 Acknowledgments

6 Current-Use Property Valuation

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Methods

6.3 Results

6.4 Discussion and Conclusions

6.5 Needs for Additional Research

7 Conservation Easements

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Methods and Data Sources

7.3 Results

7.4 Discussion and Conclusions

7.5 Needs for Additional Research

7.6 Acknowledgments

8 Protective Regulatory Policies

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Methods and Data Sources

8.3 Results Federal Land

8.4 Results State and Local Government Land

8.5 Results Private Land

8.6 Federal Statutes

8.7 State Statutes

8.8 Impacts of PR Policies on Private Owners

8.9 Acknowledgments

9 Local Forest-Related Ordinances

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Methods

9.3 Data Sources

9.4 Results Number of Ordinances

9.5 Discussion and Conclusions

9.6 Needs for Additional Research

9.7 Acknowledgments

10 Private Property Rights and Right-to-Practice-Forestry Acts in the South

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Methods and Data Sources

10.3 Results

10.4 Implications

10.5 Acknowledgments

11 Literature Cited

12 References

13 Tables and Figures

Table 1--Comparison of federal income tax incentives, by timber type

Table 2--Features and accomplishments of State forestry cost-sharing programs to improve timber production

Table 3--Funding and accomplishments of State forestry cost-sharing programs to improve timber production

Table 4--State and Year Use Value Law Enacted

Table 5--Conservation easements on forestland granted to private land trusts in Southern States, 1996

Table 6--Number of forest-related local ordinances in the South, by State, 1992 and 2000

Table 7--Number of forest-related ordinances enacted in the South, by type, 1992 and 2000

Table 8--Private property rights protection and right to practice forestry laws, dates of proposed and enacted legislation

Figure 1--State level cost-sharing programs to improve timber production on nonindustrial private forest lands. Dates of enactment are shown.

Figure 2--Land uses converted to 5.5 million total acres of developed land, southern region, 1992& 8211;97.