Family forest owners and federal taxes
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a USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, P.O. Box 12254, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254, USA b USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA c Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA d Family Forest Research Center, University of Massachusetts, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA e Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, 1530 Cleveland Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55108-1063, USA f Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, 5215 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-5215, USA g School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511-8499, USA
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