IDNR Forestry Development Act (FDA) Program
This program has three parts that relate top forest landowners - the cost share program, the property tax incentive, and the 4% timber tax that supplies the cost share funds. For the IDNR's complete description and forms for the FDA program, click here.
Cost Share Program
The FDA Cost Share Program is administered by the IDNR Division of Forest Resources. To be eligible to receive cost share payments, a landowner must operate at least 10 contiguous acres (at least 100 feet wide) on which timber is produced, have timber production as the primary goal of their land, and have an IDNR-approved forest management plan.
The program reimburses a portion of the landowner's costs, up to 75% of the actual costs for applying forest improvement practices.
Tax Incentive
With the passage of the FDA, the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/10-150) was amended to provide a tax incentive for the Illinois timber grower. Any land, in a county with less than 3,000,000 residents, being managed under an IDNR-approved forestry management plan shall be valued at 1/6 of its equalized assessed value based on cropland, if the landowner so requests.
Cost Share Rates
This program has three parts that relate top forest landowners - the cost share program, the property tax incentive, and the 4% timber tax that supplies the cost share funds. For the IDNR's complete description and forms for the FDA program, click here.
Cost Share Program
The FDA Cost Share Program is administered by the IDNR Division of Forest Resources. To be eligible to receive cost share payments, a landowner must operate at least 10 contiguous acres (at least 100 feet wide) on which timber is produced, have timber production as the primary goal of their land, and have an IDNR-approved forest management plan.
The program reimburses a portion of the landowner's costs, up to 75% of the actual costs for applying forest improvement practices.
Tax Incentive
With the passage of the FDA, the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/10-150) was amended to provide a tax incentive for the Illinois timber grower. Any land, in a county with less than 3,000,000 residents, being managed under an IDNR-approved forestry management plan shall be valued at 1/6 of its equalized assessed value based on cropland, if the landowner so requests.
Cost Share Rates
| PRACTICE | DEGREE OR QUALIFIER | MAXIMUM |
| Site Preparation | Light | $30 / Acre |
| Medium | $60 / Acre |
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| Heavy | $90 / Acre |
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Very Heavy | $180 / Acre |
| Tree Planting | No-cost Seedlings (labor) |
$95 / Acre |
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Purchased Seedlings (seedlings & labor) |
$280 / Acre |
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Direct Seeding (seeds & labor) |
$95 / Acre |
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| Weed Control | Chemical (product & application) |
$40 / Acre |
| Mulch (product & application) |
$60 / Acre |
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| Tree Shelters | No more than 50 / Acre |
$150 / Acre |
| Pruning | between 35 and 100 trees / Acre |
$75 / Acre |
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| Thinning & Crop Tree Release | between 35 and 50 trees / Acre |
$45 / Acre |
| Fencing | Woven Wire |
$12 / Rod |
| Barbed Wire |
$11 / Rod |
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| Suspension | $ 6 / Acre |
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| High Tensile |
$ 9 / Acre |
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| Management Plan |
$ 7 / Acre |
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| Electric Fencing |
$ 0.50 / Foot |
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| Repellents | $15 / Acre |