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Sustainable Forestry & Land Retention Project Expands to Serve Woodland Owners in Six More N.C. Counties
April 5, 2022

RICH SQUARE, N.C., April 5, 2022 — Forest landowners in six additional North Carolina counties are eligible to participate in [...]

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Estate planning webinar for region’s forest landowners scheduled for March 3
February 7, 2022

News Release   AULANDER, N.C., Feb. 7, 2022 – Forest owners seeking strategies to overcome the challenges of estate planning [...]

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Domtar Donates $3,000 to Sustainable Forestry & Land Retention Project
December 2, 2021

RICH SQUARE, N.C., December 1, 2021—The Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project (SFLRP) announced today that it has received a [...]

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Fighting Black Land Loss Helps Birds, Too
October 18, 2021

By Xander Peters, Reporter Audubon magazine, Fall 2021 (Posted with permission) Efforts to reform heirs’ property laws are expanding access [...]

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Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief
September 1, 2021

By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED for the Associated Press September 1, 2021 AP News website AP YouTube video [...]

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Biden Administration to Invest $67 Million to Help Heirs Resolve Land Ownership and Succession Issues
July 30, 2021

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2021 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a press conference with U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock, [...]

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In the U.S. South, a forestry project helps Black families keep their land
June 8, 2021

by Carey L. Biron | Thomson Reuters Foundation June 7, 2021 Southern program aims to turn around a century-long trend that [...]

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Why stepped-up basis is important for maintaining family forests
May 25, 2021

In this commentary published in The Hill — a policy-oriented news outlet in Washington, D.C. — author Thomas Straka warns [...]

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Guidance for Heirs’ Property Operators Participating in Farm Service Agency Programs
April 21, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency has produced a fact sheet providing guidance for “heirs’ property operators” (defined [...]

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Estate planning webinar for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Feb. 24-25
January 26, 2021

AULANDER, N.C., Jan. 25, 2021 – Estate planning and heirs property – two of the most vexing issues facing forest [...]