Fillable Form Ab-3t - Forestland Classification Application (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Section 6 - Instructions for Forestland Classiﬁ cation Application

Property Information

List the name of the property owner. Only the property owner of record or the owner’s agent is allowed to make application

for forestland classiﬁ cation.

Contact Information

List the complete mailing address where the property owner of record will receive mail.

Legal Description

List the complete legal description for each contiguous parcel in this application. The legal description should include the

township, range, and section for each parcel. If you are applying for forestland classiﬁ cation on noncontiguous parcels in

the same ownership, please ﬁ ll out separate applications for each noncontiguous parcel.

Question 1

Contiguous parcels of land means separately described parcels of land in the same ownership that physically touch one

another or would have touched one another were the acreages not separated by deeded roads and highways, navigable

rivers and streams, railroad lines, or federal or state land that is leased from the federal or state government by a taxpayer

whose land ownership is physically touching the federal or state land.

Same ownership means one party owns two or more parcels of land when the title is solely in that party’s name or names;

the party has received title to the parcels by a transferring instrument such as a deed, contract for deed, or judgment; and

the party has the present right to possess and use the parcels.

Contiguous forestland means land with at least 15 acres or more that is capable of producing timber that can be harvested

in commercial quantity and is producing timber unless the trees have been removed through harvest, including clearcuts,

or by natural disaster, including but not limited to ﬁ re. The forestland must not be interrupted by non-forest land greater

than 120 feet in width and ﬁ ve acres in size. The forestland must be capable of producing at least 25 cubic feet per acre

per year at the culmination of mean annual increment.

List how many contiguous acres meet the deﬁ nition of forestland.

Question 2

The minimum stocking rate to convert non-forestland to forestland is 300 seedlings or saplings per acre (12 feet x 12 feet

spacings). List an estimate of the non-forestland acres on this application that were converted to forestland.

Question 3

Provide the total acreage in each land use category. Your total acreage should equal the entire acreage for the parcel(s)

under review, less any residential or commercial building sites.

Question 4

If the answer to question 4 is yes, please include a copy of the covenants, deed restrictions or governmental restrictions

that preclude the commercial harvest of timber from land in this application.

Question 5

A residence means all conventionally constructed homes, mobile homes, manufactured homes and seasonal homes and

cabins that are used for recreational purposes. A residence does not have to be occupied.

Question 6

There are situations where commercial or industrial operations are surrounded by forestland. Examples include dude

ranches, mining operations, and lumber mills. List an estimate of the acreage devoted to a commercial or industrial

operation on this land.

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