Carbon changes form that confuses taxpayers Application consumed time for farmers, others applying for tax relief. The culprit was a section that allows people who own 10 or more unbroken acres of forest to apply for the Clean and Green program, said county chief assessor David Ratajczak. The original application said people who want to put forest land into the program need a forest management plan, which can be time-consuming and costly to prepare. But that isn't the case, Ratajczak said.
Applicants can submit a management plan.
But if they don't have one, they can give the assessment office invoices of wood products harvested from their land and sold. They also can provide invoices of trees planted on their property or photographs of three kinds of trees on the land along with a notarized letter of the tree types. Ratajczak said he has been receiving many calls about the original application because of the work required to put together a management plan. James Clauser of the Carbon County Conservation District said those plans are assembled by a professional forester. A plan may tell a property owner to cut an undesirable or weak tree on his property, allowing others to grow.