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Presentation by: Melissa Irene Sprecher, Cooperative Resource Management Forester
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife
November 15, 2012 Koa Symposium
Forestry Incentive Programs for
Land Management and Conservation
Hawaii Forestry Incentive Programs
Department of Land and Natural Resources
• Hawaii Forest Stewardship Program
• Forest Legacy Program
• Community Forest Program
• Recovery Land Acquisition program
• Hawaii Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
• Natural Area Partnership Program
• Urban and Community Forestry Program
• Watershed Partnership Program
• Legacy Land Conservation Fund
USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service
• Environmental Quality Incentive Program
• Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program
• Wetland Reserve Program
• Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program
• Grassland Reserve Program
• Conservation Stewardship Program
USDA Farm Service Agency
• Conservation Reserve Program
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Partners for Fish and Wildlife
• Safe Harbor Agreements
• Coastal Program
US Department of Defense
• Army Compatible Use Buffer program
Tax Incentives
• Federal
• County
H&G Koa and Dougherty
Location: Hamakua, Hawaii Island
Acres: 10 acres & 7 acres
Programs: Forest Stewardship Program
Project: lower elevation koa restoration J.B. Friday
J.B. Friday J.B. Friday
Location: South Hilo, Hawaii Island
Acres: 6
Programs: Hawaii CREP
Project: forest restoration
Glatzer
J.B. Friday
Location: Laupahoehoe, Hawaii Island
Acres: 21
Programs: FSP, Community Forest Program
Project: lower elevation forest production, community forest
Ookala Community Demonstration Forest
J.B. Friday J.B. Friday J.B. Friday
Location: Kalihi, Oahu
Acres: 30
Programs: Urban and Community Forestry, FSP, Community Forest Program
Project: forest restoration, agroforestry and community gardening
Ho’oulu Aina
Urban and Community Forestry
Community Forest Program
Kaulunani improves the health and viability of trees in Hawaiian communities through educational programs, financial support in the form of cost-share grants, technical training, Arbor Day promotion, and partnerships with the public and private sectors, community groups and not-for-profit organizations.
CFP protects forests that are important for people and the places they call home.
• Community forests provide many benefits such as places to recreate and enjoy nature; they protect habitat, water quality and other environmental benefits, and they can provide
economic benefits through timber resources.
• Community Forests have also long been sites for environmental and cultural education.
Umikoa Ranch
Location: Hamakua, Hawaii Island
Acres: 850
Programs: Stewardship Incentive Program
Project: koa scarification and silvopasture
J.B. Friday J.B. Friday
J.B. Friday J.B. Friday J.B. Friday
Ola Honua
Location: Hana, Maui
Acres: 275
Programs: Forest Stewardship Program, IRS donation
Project: conservation easement donation, timber production, forest restoration, and agroforestry
FSP and timber production (payback provision)
Kona Hema Preserve
Location: South Kona, Hawaii Island
Acres: 8,000
Programs: Forest Legacy Program, Big Tree Champion
Project: 3 conservation easements projects, koa scarification J.B. Friday
J.B. Friday
Hawaii Forest Legacy Program http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw/forestry/hflp
Requirements
Competitive funding for land and conservation easement
acquisitions
Conservation Agency must hold the title to land
Program
Purpose of the program is to protect environmentally important
forest lands from the threat of conversion to non-forest uses
Legacy involves partnerships with Federal, State, Non-profits,
and Private landowners
Eligible land is based on the State Assessment of Needs
There is a lot of “due diligence” to be completed before
an acquisition can close. This must be factored into the
timeline.
Conservation easement rights - minimum is development
rights.
Kealakekua Heritage
Ranch
Management plans and 25% match
Location: South Kona, Hawaii Island
Acres: 9,000
Programs: FSP, FLP, EQIP
Project: conservation easement, working ranch, forest restoration, forest products
Environmental Quality Incentive Program
Kukaiau Ranch
Location: Hamakua, Hawaii Island
Acres: 8,000
Programs: Hawaii CREP, FLP, LLCF, Watershed Partnership Program
Project: conservation easements donation and purchase, fee title purchase, koa restoration
Legacy Land Conservation Fund
Watershed
Partnership Program
• Watersheds protection • Parks • Coastal areas, beaches, and ocean access • Natural areas
LLCP provides funding from the Land Conservation Fund for the acquisition of lands, including easements, for:
• Habitat protection • Agricultural production • Cultural and historical sites • Open spaces and scenic resources • Recreational and public hunting area
Watershed Partnerships are voluntary alliances of public and private landowners committed to the common value of protecting large areas of forested watersheds for water recharge and other values.
Location: Puna, Hawaii Island
Acres: 40
Programs: FSP, EQIP, Partners for Fish and Wildlife, Native Forest Dedication
Project: forest conservation and restoration
Ku ‘Ohia Laka
Educational project
Native Forest Dedication (Hawaii County)
Administering
agency
Hawaii County
Purpose Preservation, restoration, and conservation of native forest
(defined as at least 25% tree cover and 60% cover of native
forest species)
Land Eligibility Private property or lease of at least 20 yrs, minimum 3 acres
Incentive Low tax assessments, same as for pasture
Time frame 20 year agreement to use land as native forest
Other
Requirements
Forest management plan; written affidavit from recognized
forestry professional that restoration plan is likely to succeed
within the designated time period
Contact Real Property Tax Division – Appraiser (808) 961-8354
http://www.hawaiipropertytax.com
Click “Forms & Instructions,” then “Dedications,” then “Native
Forest Dedication”
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/Data/incentives.html#hawaii%20native%20forest
Location: Various
Acres: 3/80, 40, 300
Programs: FSP, Hawaii CREP, WHIP, EQIP
Project: forest restoration, conservation and agroforestry
Dalton, Neirode, Ohulehule
Joint Forestry MOU
Kainalu Ranch
Location: Molokai
Acres: 1,500
Programs: FSP, Landowner Incentive Program, FLP, Recovery Land Acquisition program, LLCF, Grassland Reserve Program, Wetland Reserve Program, Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program
Project: Multiple project across the ranch property – conservation easement, forest plan and management, grassland management, wetland restoration, wildlife habitat improvement
Timeline
Program Information
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/forestry/Data/incentives.html
Melissa Irene Sprecher, Cooperative Resource Management Forester
DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife
(808) 587-4167
www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw