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Landmark conservation deal protects more than 2,800 acres

Jan. 6, 2009--LUFKIN, Texas--The Conservation Fund, Texas Forest Service and The Campbell Group, LLC, announced today a conservation milestone: the completion of Texas’ first Forest Legacy project, the protection of more than 2,800 acres of forestland adjacent to the Turkey Creek Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve.The Forest Legacy Program, funded by the USDA Forest Service, works with state agencies and local landowners to protect environmentally important forests that are threatened with conversion to non-forest uses. Texas competed nationally with 90 other pro...
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Timber Tax Workshops 2009

Texas Forest Service hopes to help educate landowners on significant tax incentives created last year to encourage land preservation. The 2009 East Texas Timber Income and Property Tax Workshops will focus on federal tax laws related to timber and recent changes in the law. The sessions will explain lump-sum timber sale regulations, as well as writing off equipment costs and deducting losses from Hurricane Ike. New tax breaks and increased deductions for timber farmers are among the benefits participants will learn about during the upcoming workshops. More >>

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