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A comprehensive Forest Stewardship Plan is the foundation of a well managed forest.  A stewardship plan can help you integrate management, conservation, and enhancement goals for your forest resources in a manner which meets your individual needs and objectives. A stewardship plan provides a framework from which to examine current resource conditions on your property and develop an organized strategy for management.  A stewardship plan can also serve as a “living document” in which all new information, current and future management activities, and other related data can be archived.

A forest stewardship plan can also help you qualify for FSC certification, carbon offset programs, reduced tax rates for your land, and government financial assistance programs.

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a format and guidance for organizing, developing, and recording the elements of a Forest Stewardship Plan for your property.

Topics will include:

• Developing goals & objectives for your forest
  
• Mapping forest resources
• Defining & characterizing forest stands
  
• Developing a historic profile
• Collecting & recording forest inventory data • Resources for developing a plan
• Developing a forest monitoring plan • Developing an activity schedule
• Recording forest management activities
  
• And more...