1. PUV COMPLIANCE AND ISSUES from the FIELD MARK MEGALOS EXTENSION FORESTRY NCSU- COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

2. THIS TALK: WHAT’S NEW – 2012 Rate Schedule DFR PUV PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS PUV Woodland Owner Note REVISION Sound Management Revisited Questions

3. NEW FORESTRY SCHEDULE HISTORY SAME but DIFFERENT New Data Source for Timber Pricing – More regional specificity

4. NEW FORESTRY SCHEDULE Five Year Averages- Costs/Prices CHANGES IN EAST AND PIEDMONT We've Heard Your Concerns

5. Forestland Schedule (2012) MRLAClass IClass IIClass III Mountains $345 $195$ 85 Upper CP $395 $235$195 Piedmont $485 $305$240 Sandhills $515 $305$240 Lower CP $395 $235$195 Tidewater $335 $235$150

7. NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES Forestry PUV Program Review Findings: Completed Forest Management Plans prior to the January 1 st Forestry PUV management plan deadline. Emphasize commercial timber production an eligibility requirement.

8. NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES Forestry PUV Program Review Findings: Forest landowner’s responsibility to submit a completed management plan to their tax office. Internal forest management plans were lacking harvest schedules, regeneration techniques and timeframes.

9. NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES “Stronger forestry language” PUV paragraph to Foresters/Rangers, consultants Identify and stress clear short and long-term landowner objectives in management plans

10. NC Division of FOREST RESOURCES Plan writers should make timeline for an expected harvest more specific – Provide an expected harvest date Foresters/Rangers should stress that not all forest properties are appropriate for PUV program – lack of timely timber harvest, – or resistance to any kind of harvest

12. WON-40 Emphasizes Key Items: 1) Your county tax officials will be reviewing landowner objectives to ensure that commercial timber production is a primary goal. 2) PUV program expectations are production-focused; therefore, sound, active management for future commercial products (timber, pulpwood, and fiber) is implied. 3) The signed application for PUV & forest management plan is viewed as an “agreement” between the landowner and county tax office, as such, landowners who fail to implement their management activities in a timely manner may risk program disqualification, deferred tax reimbursement and interest penalties.

13. WOODLAND OWNER NOTE Disqualification, Penalties and “Roll back’ Process now in Bold Added Wildlife Conservation Land Program Strengthened Conservation Easement treatment Application Link to DOR Website Follow-up Links to Forest Management plan and Information providers

15. Sound Management Sound management is a program of production designed to obtain the greatest net return from the land consistent with its conservation and long-term improvement. § (105- 277.2(6)).

16. PLAN UPDATES EVERY CYCLE?? AS NEEDED? PARTNERING WITH NCDFR ASKING FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT LIST “4220”

17. Handouts- For Your Consideration NEW WOODLAND OWNER NOTE http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/fore st/resources/publications/documents /won40.pdf http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/fore st/resources/publications/documents /won40.pdf

18. QUESTIONS?? mark.megalos@ncsu.edu 919-513-1202 mark.megalos@ncsu.edu

19. THANK YOU!!!!