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State of Wisconsin Section 77.82(3),Wis.Stats Department of Natural Resources Managed Forest Law Order Number: Printed:05/08/2014 13-010-2015 Page 1 of 11 MANAGED FOREST LANDS STEWARDSHIP FORESTRY PLAN Landowner(s) as Shown on Deed: DAWSON LIVING TRUST Name and Address of Contact Person: DAWSON LIVING TRUST,ATTN:THOMAS W.DAWSON 9714 RED SKY DR MIDDLETON,WI 53562-5056 Entry Period: 25 years Starting January 1, 2015 Ending December 31, 2039 Municipality(s): Town of Black Earth (Dane County) Total Acres: 38.750 Attached map(s)show the location of Managed Forest Lands and the areas open or closed to public access. Purpose and Expectations of the MFL Program The purpose of the Managed Forest Land Law is to encourage the management of private forestlands for the production of future forest crops for commercial use through sound forestry practices, recognizing the objectives of individual property owners, compatible recreational uses, watershed protection, and development of wildlife habitat and accessibility of private property to the public for recreational purposes. Landowners who enroll in the MFL program pay a reduced property tax (acreage share tax)while growing trees for harvest and pay a yield tax as partial payment of their deferred property taxes. Landowners who close lands to public access pay an additional closed acreage fee. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) adjusts acreage share taxes and closed acreage fees every five years. "Sound forestry practices"includes timber cutting, transporting, pruning, planting, and other activities recommended or approved by the WDNR for the effective propagation and improvement of the various timber types common to Wisconsin. It includes management of forest resources other than trees including wildlife habitat, watersheds, aesthetics and endangered and threatened plant and animal species. The law prohibits the use of Managed Forest Lands for commercial recreation (including leasing or receiving consideration for recreational activities), industry, human residence, grazing of domestic livestock, or other uses the WDNR deems incompatible with the practice of forestry. Management Plan Your management plan identifies important program requirements and management practices prescribed for your property. The plan writer determines management practices based on stand conditions of your timber and site capability of your land. The plan writer prescribes a completion year for each mandatory practice. WDNR enters that year into their computer system and will remind you of mandatory practices one year prior to the completion date. The plan writer also recommends approved practices (non-mandatory), which you may complete at your discretion. Your management plan is just one component of Wisconsin's strategy to promote, support and monitor sustainable forestry practices on privately owned lands. Other resources are available to provide you with the most current information available on natural resources management. You can access those resources on the WDNR public website using the addresses referenced in this plan. You are encouraged to consult this information regularly. Contact your local WDNR Forester for information about: • Requirements of the Managed Forest Law. • The sale or transfer of Managed Forest Law lands to other owners.