Maximize state and local authorities for implementation.
1. Encourage tax and other incentives for work done on non-federal lands to implement landscape resiliency projects.
2. Recommend reclassification of grant funds utilized to reduce fire risk on private lands as conservation activities (in the tax codes).
Mid Term (2-4 years)
Other collaborators: Private landowners, Council of Western State Foresters. April 2014 - Work group examining tax and other incentives for hazardous fuels reduction work on non Federal lands. Also examining potential for reclassification of restoration/fuels work under conservation grants.
