Federal Land Payments to Counties
To compensate state and local governments for the tax-exempt status of federal lands, each year the federal government pays millions of dollars to 42 states and 714 counties that contain national forests. Most of the payments are made through two different but interrelated programs – 25% revenue sharing and payments in lieu of taxes (PILT). These fact sheets explore the programs.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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