LITTLE ROCK – The issues surrounding inheritance can be difficult to discuss with family, but a workshop will help provide the communication skills needed to start the process to keep forest, agricultural or recreational lands within the family tree.
The Friday, Nov. 16, workshop runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension Service state headquarters at Little Rock. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. The fee is $25 and includes lunch, according to a news release.
The “Landowner Legacy” workshop is being led by Ginny and Allen Nipper, a husband-wife team who own forestland in Arkansas and Louisiana and are past Arkansas Tree Farmers of the Year.
“They know, firsthand, the needs surrounding succession and inheritance,” said Tamara Walkingstick, associate director of the Arkansas Forest Resources Center and an extension forester. “The Nippers created this program based upon their own personal experience with passing their legacy to their children. What became clear to them was that they needed better communication.”
The conference is being presented in partnership by the Arkansas Tree Farm Program, Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation and the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture through its Cooperative Extension Service.
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“The great thing about their program is that is very hands-on; people will learn communication skills necessary to start what we call ‘The Conversation’ about passing the land on to the next generation,” Walkingstick said, adding that this is a program the Nippers have presented across the country.
To register for the workshop, call 501-374-2441 or online at https://tinyurl.landownerlegacy.
For details about forestry, contact a county extension office, http://uaex.edu/counties or visit www.uaex.edu.
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs to all eligible persons without discrimination.