Interesting that this topic came up. I am in the process of enrolling my property in the MFL program. For the record, there are a lot of hoops to jump through to get land enrolled. I am in the first stage, having hired a consulting forester to write a management plan for my property. Only plans written by foresters who are licensed Plan Writers are eligible. My forester is estimating my cost for writing this plan to be about $1000. After the plan is written, it is submitted with the requisite forms to the DNR. I assure you, the information gathered is much more complete than the DNR Cache Notification Form. BTW, there are two levels of participation in the program. The level with the greatest property tax reduction requires opening the land to the public. The other level has a smaller tax benefit, but does not require allowing public access to the land.
