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

State program and Date implemented	Source of funding	Annual cost-sharing payments for reforestation and timber stand improvement	Annual accomplishments, reforestation and timber stand improvement	Trends in funding
		Dollars	Acres
Alabama Agricultural And Conservation Development Program, 1985	General state fund	750,000	21,300	Slightly increasing
Louisiana Forest Productivity Program, 1998	Timber severance tax	4,100,000	50,000	Variable with severance tax receipts
Mississippi Forest Resources Development Program, 1974	Timber harvest tax	3,000,000	63,588	Variable
North Carolina Forest Development Program, 1978	Timber harvest tax and State general funds	2,200,000	52,000	Increasing
South Carolina Forest Renewal Act, 1981	Timber harvest tax and State general funds	657,438	6,494	Stable
Tennessee Reforestation Incentives Program, 1997	Real estate transfer receipts	160,000	2,500	Variable with real estate market
Texas Reforestation Foundation Program, 1981	Voluntary forest industry assessment on primary products	350,000	7,000	Stable
Virginia Reforestation Timberlands Act, 1970	State general funds and harvest tax	2,253,546	75,900	Stable

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