Federal Government

The federal government can help landowners conserve forests primarily by resourcing and expanding existing programs.

• Fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund, expand the Forest Legacy Program, and assess the potential to extend the Conservation Reserve Program to forests.

• Make permanent and enhance the 2006 income tax deduction for conservation easements.

• Establish policies that support the development of markets for ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration and pollution abatement.

• Advance efforts at landscape-level conservation.