Guide to cost-share assistance requirements for forestry practices.

              1. If the area has been harvested, a release from the timber
contract must be secured prior to the beginning of the
cost- share project.
2. Locate and mark all property lines prior to beginning work
on the project.
3. Provide the contractor with the right of ingress and egress.
4. Choose and employ a contractor and make arrangements
for completion of the work according to specifications
and completion dates.
5. Notify the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
when the work on the practice is ready to begin, and when
it is completed. Also furnish the name( s) of the
contractor.
6. Ensure the work meets water quality standards and is
performed in an environmentally sound manner as
described in the management plan.
7. Make arrangements with the contractor as to who will
purchase seedlings and provide for their storage before
planting, or purchase and store any other supplies or
materials needed to complete the practice.
8. Accomplish the approved practice.
9. Provide the necessary cost data to the Division of Forest
Resources or the FSA office, as required by the cost- share
program being used.
It is recommended that the landowner and contractor have a
written contract specifying the details of what is to be
done. The Division of Forest Resources has two forest
management information sheets, " Suggested Provisions
for Site Preparation Contracts" and " Suggested Provisions
for Tree Planting Contracts" available for use by
landowners, contractors and their attorneys in developing
a contract.
Water quality standards are outlined in " Forest Practices
Guidelines Related to Water Quality". Forestry BMPs can
be used to meet these guidelines.
1. Contact landowners and arrange for work to be
performed.
2. Secure a copy of the approved forest management plan
and perform work as prescribed.
3. Make arrangement with the landowners for delivery and
storage of necessary materials and supplied as agreed
upon in the contract.
4. Notify the landowner and the Division of Forest
Resources when the work will begin.
5. Follow practice specifications and perform the work in an
environmentally sound manner and in accordance with
the BMPs outlined to meet the Forest Practice Guidelines
Related to Water Quality.
6. Notify the landowner and the Division of Forest
Resources upon completion of work.
7. Furnish the landowner with a proper invoice for work
performed.
Contractors are urged to attend site preparation and tree
planting contractor meetings.
10,000 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $ 435.00 or .04 per copy.
Secretary
Wayne McDevitt
Governor
James B. Hunt Jr.,