Owning and Managing Forests: A Guide to Legal, Financial, and Practical Matters Thomas
by J. McEvoy
2020-04-22 16:14:00
Owning and Managing Forests: A Guide to Legal, Financial, and Practical Matters Thomas
by J. McEvoy
2020-04-22 16:14:00
Owning and Managing Forests is both an accessible overview of the privileges, rights, and obligations that accompany forest ownership and a guidebook to help active forest owners and managers use laws to their advantage and avoid the pitfalls of expe...
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Owning and Managing Forests is both an accessible overview of the privileges, rights, and obligations that accompany forest ownership and a guidebook to help active forest owners and managers use laws to their advantage and avoid the pitfalls of expensive and exhausting litigation. The book is a revised, expanded, and updated edition of Legal Aspects of Owning and Managing Woodlands, published in 1998 by Island Press and named Best Forestry Book of the Year by the National Woodland Owners Association.This edition provides currinformation on recchanges in property, environmental, and tax laws, while also discussing new directions in forest management. It offers expanded treatmof topics including private property, searching property records, easements, estate planning, timber sale contracts, working with forestry professionals, and how to pass woodlands intact to future generations. The book also describes the many differfacets of trusts, changes in forestland taxation methods, and new licensing and certification options. Included, too, is a section on avoiding disputes and how to use alternative dispute resolution methods to avoid costly, troubling, and time-consuming court battles.Owning and Managing Forests provides clear and concise descriptions of often confusing concepts and difficult subjects, and addresses issues in a competyet conversational tone. Anyone involved with owning or managing forestland will find the book an essential guide and reference.
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