5/1 - Diversifying Income Opportunities on Small Woodlands - Onalaska, WA
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May 01, 2010 from 09:00 am to 04:00 pm |
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| Where | Onalaska, WA |
| Contact Name | Kirk Hanson |
| Contact Email | kirk@nnrg.org |
| Contact Phone | 360-316-9317 |
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A one-day seminar in Onalaska, WA on how to diversify revenue streams from conservation-based forest management while decreasing management costs.
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Small woodland owners in the Pacific Northwest manage some of the most biologically rich and productive forests in the world. By understanding the unique markets and tools available to them, woodland owners can develop a financial model that optimizes the revenue potential of their forests while protecting the conservation value of the land for generations to come.
This one-day seminar will introduce landowners to a series of strategies and tools that can help them reduce management costs, diversify revenue streams and protect the ecological values of their land into the future.
Topics will include:
- FSC “green” Certification and Markets
- Selling Carbon Offsets
- Small-scale Wood Processing and Value-added Sales
- Current Use Taxation
- Working Forest Conservation Easements
- Conservation Funding Programs for Small Woodland Owners
Speakers:
Kirk Hanson: Northwest Certified Forestry
Nicole Hill: Cascade Lands Conservancy
John Henrikson: Wild Thyme Farm
Dianne Dorey: Lewis County Assessor
Location:
Onalaska Fire Hall
244 Carlisle Avenue,
Onalaska, WA 98570
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