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GENERAL RESOURCES - EDUCATION AND INFORMATION
Internet Resources for Forest Landowners
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/flg/
National Timber Tax website
http://www.timbertax.org/
Northern Woodlands
http://northernwoodlands.org/issues/issue/
Green Forestry Education Initiative
http://www.uvm.edu/envnr/greenforestry/
Deerfield River Valley Cooperative
http://www.vtacorn.net/
UVM Extension Forestry
http://stumpage.uvm.edu/stumpage.php
Cornell Cooperative Extension
http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/forestconnect/
PROFFESSIONAL FORESTER ASSOCIATIONS
Forest Stewards Guild
http://www.forestguild.org/
Society of American Foresters (SAF)
http://www.safnet.org/
Green Mountain Division SAF
http://www.gwriters.com/saf/
LANDOWNER ORGANIZATIONS
Vermont Woodland Owners Association
http://www.vermontwoodlands.org/
Vermont Family Forests
http://www.familyforests.org/
Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative
http://www.masswoodlands.coop/
Bennington County Sustainable Forest Consortium
http://www.bccdvt.org/Sustainable_Forest_Consortium.shtml
The Forest Landowners Association
https://www.forestlandowners.com/content/welcome
LOCAL WOOD MANUFACTURERS
Vermont Wood Manufacturers Association
http://www.vermontwood.com/
Telescope Casual Furniture
http://www.telescopecasual.com/
J.K Adams
http://www.jkadams.com/
FOREST CERTIFICATION
Forest Stewardship Council (U.S.)
http://www.fsc.usorg/
Forest Stewardship Council (International)
http://www.fsc.org/
SmartWood
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org
To check validity of FSC certificates
http://www.fscus.org/certified_companies/
American Tree Farm System
http://www.treefarmsystem.org/
VERMONT REAL ESTATE TAXES
A Special Report On Vermont Real Estate Taxes ?
Vermont Property Owners Report
http://www.vermontrealestatetoday.com
Vermont Department of Property Valuation and Review
http://www.state.vt.us/tax/pvr.shtml
Overview of Vermont?s Education Funding
System Under Act 68 & Act 130
http://education.vermont.gov/
STATE & FEDERAL AGENCIES, TAX SAVINGS & MANAGEMENT COST-SHARING PROGRAMS
State of Vermont ? Division of Forestry ? a resource for private land owners
http://www.vtfpr.org/htm/forestry.cfm
State of Vermont Use Value Appraisal Program (UVA) ? a property tax savings program for managing your forest and farm land according to State standards
http://www.vtfpr.org/resource/for_forres_useapp.cfm
Federal Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) ? a cost-sharing program for creating or improving wildlife habitat on private properties
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip/
Federal Environmental Incentives Program (EQIP) - a cost-sharing program for improving environmental quality as well as creating or improving wildlife habitat
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/PROGRAMS/EQIP/
Natural Resource Conservation Service ? Vermont
http://www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov/
| MANAGING YOUR FOREST
USFS ? Northeast Forest Stewardship ? a general resource for managing your forest
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/stewardship/
West Virginia Appalachian Hardwood Center ? a general resource for managing your forest
http://ahc.caf.wvu.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=12&Itemid=114
The Vermont Land Trust glossary of forestry terms
http://www.vlt.org/forestry_glossary.html
TREE, PLANTS, ANIMALS AND ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS
Silvics of North America ? natural history and management considerations of many North American trees
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm
Vermont Big Tree List ? a list of Vermont?s largest trees
http://www.vermonttreesociety.org/list.htm
Natural Resource Conservation Service Database of plants ? a resource for distribution and photos of almost every plant
http://plants.usda.gov/
Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas
http://community.middlebury.edu/~herpatlas/
Audubon Vermont Forest Birds Initiative
http://vt.audubon.org/conservationNews.html
All About Birds
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
Vernal pools
http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/cwp_elem_comm_vp.cfm
LOCAL STEWARDSHIP ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS
Bennington County Conservation District ? coordinating partner for the Bennington County Sustainable Forest Consortium
http://www.bccdvt.org/
ACORN ? A Cooperate Resource Network for landowners in the Deerfield watersheds of southern Vermont
http://www.vtacorn.net/
INVASIVE SPECIES
Vermont Invasive Exotic Plant Committee
http://www.vtinvasiveplants.org/
Vermont Land Trust invasive resource
http://www.vlt.org/invasives/index.html
The Nature Conservancy ? Vermont
http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/vermont/volunteer/art21105.html
LOGGING
Vermont Acceptable Management Practices on Logging Jobs in Vermont
http://www.vtfpr.org/pdf/waterq.pdf
HVIP ? Hardwood Value Improvement Project ? how to get the most value out of a log
http://hardwoodvip.org/
ESTATE AND SUCCESSION PLANNING
OSU Ties to the land
http://www.familybusinessonline.org/resources/ttl/home.htm
Steve Small publications page
http://www.stevesmall.com/publications.aspx
Preserving the Family Woods: tools to help guide transfer to the next generation of landowners
http://na.fs.fed.us/pubs/detail.cfm?id=5879
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