For information on how to download files, click here. This effort was dedicated to maintaining the traditional patterns of land ownership and use in the Northern Forest, which consists of the 26 million acres of contiguous forest land in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. This 59-page report provides an assessment of federal and state progress in implementing the NFLC s 37 recommendations in the entire four state area. We collected implementation data for each recommendation from telephone interviews, mail questionnaires, and legislative records, and verified this information with independent documentary data.
Forests are important to the Northeast s identity.
We live, work, and play in our woodlands. But there are costs associated with where we live, work, and play costs to owners, users, communities and society. We need to understand these costs to help make decisions that work for society, and for the forests we love. This paper summarizes basic knowledge about the benefits and costs of forestland use in the Northeast, and how we can make decisions that benefit all. In particular, this paper focuses on the public finance implications, the taxes and government spending, that determine and are determined by land use and land use policy.