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This chapter addresses an extremely broad question. Southern forests and their management are influenced by a large body of legislation that stems from all levels of government: Federal, State, and local. Some laws address forests specifically, but many others influence forest conditions indirectly. Measuring the impact of a particular law or regulation can be difficult, if not impossible, except for programs that provide funding for specific actions and have reporting requirements. To a large extent, current forest conditions and trends reflect the combined impacts of all legislation in effect over time.
The topics included in this chapter address concerns identified by the public as important aspects of the overall question. Shown below are the major components of this overall question, the sections that address them, and the authors principally responsible for those sections:
a. The implications of the tax code on the structure and management of forests. This item is addressed in the sections concerning Federal income tax incentives and the Federal estate tax, authored by John L. Greene.
b. The impacts of programs that are designed to encourage forest management. This item is addressed in the section on Federal and State cost-share programs, authored by Terry Haines and John L. Greene.
c. The effects of programs for keeping land in forest cover. This item is addressed in the sections concerning current-use property valuation, authored by Brian A. Doherty, and the section on conservation easements, authored by James E. Granskog, Steven Bick, and Harry L. Haney, Jr.
d. State laws and local regulations that define landowner responsibilities in managing forests. This item is addressed by the section covering protective regulatory policies, authored by Sterverson O. Moffat and Jerry Speir; the section on local forest-related ordinances, authored by Jonathon J. Spink, Harry L. Haney, Jr., and John L. Greene; and the section on private property rights and right to practice forestry actsin the South, authored by Terry Haines.
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content: James E. Granskog and Terry K. Haines |
created: 4-OCT-2002 |