5/22 - Diversifying Income Opportunities on Small Woodlands - Oakville, WA
| When |
May 22, 2010 from 09:00 am to 04:00 pm |
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| Where | Oakville, WA |
| Contact Name | Kirk Hanson |
| Contact Email | kirk@nnrg.org |
| Contact Phone | 360-316-9317 |
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A one-day seminar near Oakville, 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
John Henrikson: Wild Thyme Farm
Nicole Hill: Cascade Land Conservancy
Janet Strong: Chehalis River Basin Land Trust
Scott Cook: Natural Resource Conservation Service
Cherri Rose-Konchu: Grays Harbor County Assessor
Location:
Wild Thyme Farm
72 Mattson Road
Oakville, WA 98568