Vermont’s Use Value Appraisal Program has more than 16,000 forestland parcels comprising more than 2,000,000 acres enrolled. It is arguably the most successful conservation program in the state. The purposes of the program are many: to maintain working lands, protect water quality, forest health, and other ecosystem services and functions – and to support equitable taxation and prevent accelerated conversion of these lands through taxes incompatible with their productive capacity…and more.
The Use Value Appraisal Manual serves as the primary resource for communicating the forest plan and management standards established by the Commissioner for forestland enrollments in Vermont’s Use Value Appraisal program.
The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation is currently updating the Use Value Appraisal Manual.
VFPR will hold a What’s New with the Revised UVA Standards webinar on August 28th from 8:30 to 10:30 am.
This webinar for consulting foresters is to review updates to the UVA Program standards, the reasons behind the changes, and what they mean for forest management.
To take part in this webinar, register at Forester UVA Forestland Standards Revisions Webinar