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COALITION RENEWS PUSH FOR REFORM OF FOREST TAX LAW Expanding access to program will benefit environment, economy, say advocates

PLATTSBURGH | Forestry associations, environmental groups and state lawmakers are asking the governor to prioritize reform of a program designed to preserve timberlands by giving private forest owners tax breaks and other incentives. Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a series of reforms to the Forest Tax Abatement Program last year, but the issue failed to gain traction. Now as the governor prepares to roll out his 2018-19 budget plan on Tuesday,

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The plans serve as somewhat of a blueprint for the parcels, mapping out work schedules, objectives for forest health and provisions to maintain wildlife habitat. The program offers up to an 80 percent reduction of property assessment. But while 75 percent of the state’s forests are privately held, only 7 percent of eligible landowners participate, according to the governor’s 2017 State of the State agenda.

the group is renewing its push to see the reforms become law.

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Commonly known as 480-a, the state Department of Environmental Conservation-managed program offers private landowners who own at least 50 contiguous acres of timberland tax deductions and other economic benefits in exchange for sustainably managing the forests on their property through long-term planning.

» Forest tax Cont. on pg. 4

Assemblywoman Addie A.E. Jenne, who represents St. Lawrence and Jefferson counties, said healthy forests support the biomass industry, a job generator in the North Country. But restrictions to entering the program, said Assemblyman D. Billy Jones (D-Chateaugay), dissuade forest owners from accessing the benefits of the existing law.

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