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Explore the merit, expertise, funding and incentives available through these programs:

Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (MFTIP)
Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program
Ontario Stewardship website (linking landowners, interest groups and agencies)
Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Program

Information and assistance are provided to landowners in Ontario through a number of progams:

The Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program

The Managed Forest Tax Incentive Program (MFTIP) offers a reduction in property taxes to landowners of forested land who prepare a plan and agree to be good stewards of their property.

The Ontario Forestry Association and the Ontario Woodlot Association help the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) deliver the program. Program guides and information are available from MNR or either association. aerial view of the patchwork of privately owned forests and agricultural lands that dominate the landscape in Southern Ontario The MFTIP guide explains how to prepare a plan that is eligible for the program.

MFTIP Qualifications

greater than 9.88 acres (four ha) of forested land and owned by a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
a commitment to good stewardship
a managed forest plan approved by a Managed Forest Plan Approver

The Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program

The Conservation Land Tax Incentive Program (CLTIP) offers a reduction in property taxes to landowners who agree to protect the natural heritage feature(s) identified by MNR on their land. Activities that would degrade, destroy, or result in the loss of the natural values of the site are not allowed.

Eligible lands include: provincially significant wetlands; provincially significant areas of natural and scientific interest (ANSI); habitat of endangered species; lands designated as Escarpment Natural Area in the Niagara Escarpment Plan; and community conservation lands (applies only to eligible conservation agencies).

CLTIP Qualifications

MNR has informed you that there is conservation land on your property
a commitment to good land stewardship

Ontario Stewardship

Ontario Stewardship helps people find information, expertise, and funding to ensure that good management occurs on private land.

The program's strength lies in its 41 stewardship councils, which are volunteer groups of landowners and land interest agencies. Each stewardship council works with an MNR staff person known as a stewardship coordinator. Councils discuss, develop, and deliver local programs and projects.

Stewardship councils can help good ideas become great projects. Examples include: workshops on woodlot and wetland management; stream restoration projects; endangered species conservation, and; community planting.

Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Program

The MNR is a partner in the Eastern Habitat Joint Venture Program (EHJV). The EHJV is an on-the-ground program that focuses on wetland and related upland securement, enhancement, management and stewardship.

The EHJV coordinates and implements habitat conservation projects to meet biodiversity objectives of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and the North American Bird Conservation Initiative.

The EHJV is part of a continental partnership and one of six joint ventures in Canada dealing both with regional habitat conservation and with research and management of particular species. These joint ventures provide a framework within which governments, municipalities, businesses, conservation organizations, and individuals collaborate to secure and improve wetland habitat.