North Carolina
Landowner guides
The programs and paperwork of owning forestland in North Carolina: what each one pays or saves, what it requires, and how to get in.
Present Use Value (PUV)
The property-tax program for farm and forest land: requirements, savings, rollback, and enrollment.
Cost-share grants (NRCS EQIP)
Federal money for conservation work on your forest, with no acreage minimum.
Wildlife Conservation Land (WCLP)
The wildlife alternative to PUV: same tax treatment, habitat agreement instead of timber.
Forest management plans
What the plan must contain, who may prepare it, and the ways to get one.
Hunting leases
Annual income without cutting timber, and the liability details that matter.