Out of curiosity about how much the trees that property owners having a Forestland Designation on a portion or all of their property would receive when they sell the timber.
I called Three Rivers and said I had a Forestland Designated parcel, (I do have authorized access to one in the county). I asked how much might I receive for selling the timber on 4 acres. There is more timber on that property than the small acres of Designated Forestland that I looked at within the city limits of Bend. He said I would have to pay him to clear it. There is the expense of cutting and hauling it to the mill. It is a small property.
Maybe another way to look at it is how much do timber harvesters pay to harvest from public land? That would seem to set the benchmark for what they would pay to harvest, if any from a few acres of sparsely treed Designated Forestland.
How Sparse?
Look at the overhead view of Designated Forestland properties in the Bachelor View Rd. area.
Tax Lot Properties with Forestland Designation
Bachelor View Rd. Overhead View
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/117545 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/117545
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/241568 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/241568
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/241569 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/241569
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/117550 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/117550
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/117551 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/117551
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/117552 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/117552
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/117569 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/117569
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/162127 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/162127
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/189042 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/189042
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/200999 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/200999
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/205941 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/205941
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/208548 https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/208548
Million and multi-million dollar homes. They are growing trees in the city for the purpose of selling the timber in what? 50 years? All that is required by the assessor to get the tax break is a minimum of 2 acres and a forest management plan and signing this application:
"..the predominant purpose of this land to grow and harvest trees of a
marketable species".and included this statement to be signed by the applicant:
'As
owner of the above described land, I indicate by my signature that I am
aware of the potential tax liability involved when the land
ceases to be designated as forestland. I declare under the penalties of
false swearing [ORS 305.990(4)] that I have examined this application
(and any accompanying documents), and to the best of my knowledge, it is
true, correct, and complete.'
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