Rhode Island Forests ~ and ~ Forestland Protections
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Rhode Island Forests
~ and ~
Forestland Protections
Tee Jay Boudreau | Deputy Chief | Division of Forest Environmente: [email protected] | p: 401-222-2445 x2059
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RI Forestland Totals
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RI Total Acreage: 687,380 acres
RI Forested Acreage: 368,373 acres
56% of RI is covered in Forestland
Private 68%
State 18%
Municipal 13%
Tribal 1%
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State Land Conservation
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Forest Statistics
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Conservation Definitions
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Fee TitleTransfer of ownership from one party to another
54% of Conservation Land504 Projects 54,687 acres
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Deed to DevelopmentRestricts future development of the land
12% of Conservation Land115 Projects 7,979 acres
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Conservation EasementRestricts development for conservation objective
29% of Conservation Land274 Projects 26,810 acres
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Recreation EasementRestricts development for recreational objectives
5% of Conservation Land43 Projects 602 acres
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Conservation Programs
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Farmland Pres. ProgramAg. Land Preservation Comm.
(ALPC)
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Ensures farming remains viable.
Purchases dev. rights and retains farmer ownership
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Funding:• Open Space Bonds• Land Trusts• NGOs• USDA $
7,904 Acres117 Projects
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Broadwall FarmIncludes:• 18th century farmhouse• Beef heifer operation• Pasture, Forestland, • Wetlands, Streams
Abuts another 223 acre farm (protected) and 23 acre Audubon property
$660,000 Purchase • State Bonds (ALPC) $375,212• Nature Conservancy (Champlin Foundation) $284,788
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Natural and Working Lands$3 million dollars
• Conserve farmland
• Conserve forestland
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Legacy – 2005
Legacy – 2008
Cons. Ease. – 2008
Fee Title – 1980
Fee Title – 1950
Legacy – 2011
Cons. Ease. – 2012
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Forest Legacy
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Congress created in 1990 to ID and protect critical forestland from conversion
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Forest Legacy Program Area
Eligibility:• The forested acreage must be
greater then 25 acres
• Compatible non-forest may be included but 75% of the property must be forest.
Priority:• Land that exhibits exceptional
resource values; • Threatened with conversion; • Available at below fair market value
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Forest Legacy Program Area
Key Concepts:• Focus on land adjacent to existing
open space, key water resources
• Remain ‘working forests’
• Funding is competitive on an national level
• Conservation easement preferred method (remain in perpetuity)
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Forest Legacy Program Area
18 Projects 2,549 acres
Fed. Fiscal Year 2019 $2.9 million
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State Conservation Land
952 Projects 90,341 acres
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Local Conservation Land
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Local Conservation Land
1226 Projects 53,897 acres
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Local Conservation Land
State Conservation Land
53,897 acres 90,341 acres
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State + Local Conservation Land144,238 acres
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Farm, Forest, and
Open Space
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RI General Law allows property enrolled in the FFOS to be assessed at its current use –not development value.
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The purpose of the law is to conserve RI’s productive agricultural and forest land by reducing the chance it will have to be sold for development.
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Farmland
Forestland
Open Space
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Forestland Classification
570+ Parcels
45,594 Acres
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State Conservation Landhttps://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/85a4b90da40147e8818cc072a28917cf
Forest Legacyhttp://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/forestry/forestlegacy/
RI DEM Maps (Local and State Cons.)http://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=87e104c8adb449eb9f905e5f18020de5
Farm, Forest, and Open Spacehttp://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/agriculture/ffosa.php
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THANK YOU
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“Conservation will ultimately boil down to rewarding the private landowner who
conserves the public interest.”
Aldo LeopoldConservation Economics, The River of the
Mother of God.