Woodland owners to benefit from dynamic succession planning workshop
PARKMAN — Have you taken a moment to think about the future of your land? Perhaps, you already have a detailed plan in place; or perhaps, you haven’t given it any thought at all. Do you know the value of your woodlands? Is it important for you to know what your woods will look like in 10 years, or even 50 years? Do you know your options for conserving or selling your land? These questions are essential ones to consider for any landowner.
Luckily, the Piscataquis and Somerset County Soil and Water Conservation Districts are teaming up to present a program aimed to answer all of these questions and more.
On Saturday, March 5 the districts will present an engaging workshop “Trees in Transition: Succession Planning for your Woodlands” in Parkman. Presenters for this event will include Jessica Leahy of the University of Maine and first vice president of the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine (SWOAM), Erica Kaufmann of the Forest Society of Maine and Gordon Moore and Patty Cormier, district foresters for the Maine Forest Service.
Workshop participants will learn about succession planning (start to finish), conservation easements for succession planning, state resources available to landowners, assessing timber value, land transfer options and much more from this fantastic lineup of expert presenters. All participants will also receive SWOAM’s succession planning handbook “Creating a Legacy” and hands-on, step-by-step instructions on how to use the handbook to create a succession plan for their land.
Trees in Transition will provide detailed, useful information for landowners who have started a plan, finished a plan or haven’t started a plan; for folks with a few acres to several hundred acres; and for folks who have detailed land management plans to those who are working with raw, overgrown or poorly managed land. No matter what stage you are at with a succession plan, there will be something valuable for you offered at this workshop.
In addition to hearing presentations from all the knowledgeable presenters and receiving the handbook, workshop participants will also enjoy a delicious, hearty lunch provided by Billi Barker of the Enchanted Kitchen in St. Albans.
Pre-registration is required. For more information, please contact the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District at 564-2321 ext. 3 or info@piscataquisswcd.org. Early registration is encouraged, as the workshop will fill quickly.