Forest & Trees

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Best Management Practices for Forestry: Protecting New Hampshire's Water Quality
While this manual is full of helpful information, it isn't New Hampshire's official BMP document. For the official manual see Best Managemen...
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New Hampshire Best Management Practices for Erosion Control on Timber Harvesting Operations
Introduction <br /> <br /> New Hampshire is the second-most forested state in the country, with forests covering approximately 84% of the state. The...
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The Timber Sale Contract
Why A Written Contract Is Necessary <br /> <br /> Selling timber is a complicated matter that involves knowing about markets, tree values, future tr...
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Five Indicators of a Good Timber Harvest
Nute&#039;s Notes on Timber Harvests--Jon Nute was the Hillsborough County Forester and is now retired.<br /> <br /> A timber harvest is a major dis...
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Pictures and Descriptions of Marked Trees
Download the resource to see example photos and descriptions of marked trees. 
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NH Timber Yield Tax Overview (RSA 79)
What is taxable: <br /> <br /> Timber on all landownership is taxable at 10% of the stumpage value at the time of cutting. The only exceptions are s...
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Timber Basis Decision Model: A Calculator to Aid in Federal Timber Tax-Related Decisions
Foresters are interested in the woods. If they were interested in taxes, they would be accountants. So why should foresters understand the basics of f...
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Timber Basis Decision Model-Documentation for an Online Calculator
Documentation for an online calculator to aid in federal timber tax-related decisions<br /> <br /> Executive Summary<br /> <br /> Establishing a t...
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Timber Sale Guidelines
The term &quot;timber sale&quot; is used to refer to any significant harvest of wood products involving an exchange of monies. Timber sales may involv...
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Selecting a Forester
Introduction <br /> <br /> The decisions that New Hampshire’s private landowners make regarding how their forests are managed are crucial to this vi...
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