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Forestry officials warn posting and use‑value changes could complicate program administration
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Witnesses from Forests, Parks and Recreation told the committee that proposals to change use‑value rates or tie use‑value to posting could create administrative burdens and unintended consequences for working forest management.
BURLINGTON — Keith Thompson, forestlands program manager with Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation, and Commissioner Danielle Fitzko told the Agriculture, Food Resiliency & Forestry Committee that proposals to reduce use‑value appraisal rates or to condition rates on public access (posting) would be administratively complex and could undermine working-lands goals.
Thompson said a substantial change to the use‑value rate would be one of the most significant program shifts in decades and…
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