Economic Benefits

GreenTrees is designed to provide landowners the most diverse forest income opportunities available today. In exchange for enrolling your marginal farmland, pastures or other available acres for our specific tree planting approach, your income potential would include:

	Advance cash payments. $350 per acre during the establishment period provides immediate first year income and helps pay for tree-planting costs.
	Fast recreation incomes. Fast growing cottonwood trees help quickly develop wildlife habitat in the first few years, thus providing you the opportunity for leasing out hunting rights and enjoying the land for your own benefit.
	More markets for timber income. Traditional timber markets will still exist for harvested hardwoods; however, cottonwoods will offer an additional market for the cellulosic ethanol and biomass industries that are increasingly in need of new fiber supplies. You keep all tree-harvesting income created from your property for the life of the project.
	Future carbon income. Dense and fast growing trees created from GreenTrees produce higher quality, verifiable carbon credits. Landowners are eligible for part of those proceeds.
	Government incentives and payments. An additional benefit awaits landowners who also enroll acres into the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program.  The GreenTrees tree planting approach is a FSA-approved tree planting option in many Delta states. Landowners can simultaneously enroll their property in both CRP and GreenTrees and receive CRP cash incentives and annual payments in addition to and independent of the GreenTrees income opportunities listed above.
	Appreciating property value. For many landowners, marginal farmland, pastures and even some row crops don't provide beneficial returns.  GreenTrees is a land option that coordinates forestry, wildlife and conservation practices for multiple income-producing opportunities. This diversity maximizes property values both in the short and long-term.  It can also provide tax advantages and estate planning resources.