Extending your Stewardship into the Future

Now is the time to protect your legacy of land stewardship.

Thinking about the future involves more than just saving for education or retirement. This is particularly important if you own land that you want protected after you're gone. Learn about how to prepare for future preservation through estate planning and how to communicate your vision to your family.

Forestry Friday Workshop, March 29, 2019

Who's Up Next?: Extending Your Stewardship Beyond Your Tenure

Planning for Your Woodland
Jonathan Kays, Extension Forester, University of Maryland Extension Woodland Stewardship Education program

Who's Up Next?
Jennifer E. Jones, GROUND

Basic Estate Planning and How to Make Sense of it All
Paul Goeringer, Extension Legal Specialist, University of Maryland Extension Agriculture Law Education Initiative

Legacy Planning Publications

Managing Your Property

 

  • Welcome to Your Woods: Learn about the benefits of owning woods and the resources that are available to help you

    Forests for the Bay

  • It's Your Legacy: A Maryland landowner's guide to conservation-based estate planning

    University of Maryland Extension & Maryland Environmental Trust

  • Legacy Planning Stories: How Forest Landowners "Like Me" Are Ensuring the Future of Their Land

    Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources & Center for Private Forests - Penn State Extension

  • Helping your woodland adapt to a changing climate

    Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources Forest Service, University of Maryland Extension, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and US Forest Service (18 pages)

  • Helping your woodland adapt to a changing climate - summary

    Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources Forest Service, University of Maryland Extension, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and US Forest Service. This one-page, two-sided digest is suitable for workshops and displays.

  • Tax and Estate Planning for Maryland Forest Landowners

    University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet #630

  • Maryland's Preservation Programs

    This publication from the Maryland Environmental Trust outlines several statewide preservation resources and programs.

Tax Information

  • Tax Information (this site)

    Information to help you reduce hidden costs associated with your woodlands and natural areas

  • Forest Account Management Book

    University of Maryland Extension Bulletin #360

  • Estate Planning for Farm Families

    University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet #972

  • Farmland Preservation: An Estate Planning Tool

    University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet #779

  • Agricultural Handbook 731: Forest Landowners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax (Revised 2013) - USDA Forest Service

    USDA Forest Service

Stewardship Planning

  • Cost Share Assistance (this site)

    State and Federal programs are available to help reduce costs of natural area projects.