What is the Timber Program; how do I qualify and apply for the timber classification?
• IDAHO’S FOREST TAX LAW AND THE TIMBER PROGRAM Reference Idaho Code 63-1701 through 63.1706. The Idaho Code described forestland as privately-owned land held and used primarily to grow and harvest trees of a marketable species and may be further identified by consideration of any of the following criteria: • Present use and silvicultural treatment evidence forestland. • Forestland has a dedicated use, which is further evidenced by a forestland management plan that includes eventual harvest of the forest crop required by Kootenai County. • Forestland is bearing forest growth or land NOT converted to another use. • Forestland which has had the trees removed by man through harvest, including clearcuts or by natural disaster, such as, but not limited to, fire, and which, within five (5) years after harvest or initial assessment, will be reforested as specified by the Forest Practices Act (Idaho Code, Chapter 13, Title 38). • ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS To qualify for the timber program, forest l
