Information last updated:
1/31/2023
12:13 PM
Report prepared:
2/7/2023
8:44 AM
State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet
North Carolina 2023
Investment in State's Cooperative Programs
Proqram
FY 2022 Final
Community Forestry and Open Space
$475,000
Cooperative Lands - Forest Health Management
$4,390,959
Forest Legacy
$5,050,000
Forest Stewardship
$212,011
Landscape Scale Restoration
$525,278
State Fire Assistance
$1,928,088
Urban and Community Forestry
$668,517
Volunteer Fire Assistance
$559,983
Total
$13,809,836
NOTE: This funding is for all entities within the state, not just the State Forester's office.
The N.C. Forest Service continues to protect, manage and promote forest resources for the citizens of
North Carolina through the use of proactive measures that include creating fire adapted communities and
restoring fire adapted ecosystems; reducing the risk of wildfire; identifying, managing and reducing threats
to forest and ecosystem health; enhancing the benefits and sustainable management of urban forests;
conserving working forestland; and, sustaining the economic, environmental and social benefits of North
Carolina's forests.
Program Goals
• The cooperative programs are administered and implemented through a partnership between the
State of North Carolina, the USDA Forest Service as well as many other private and government
entities. These programs promote the health and productivity of forestlands and rural economies.
Emphasis focuses on timber and other forest products, wildlife, water resources, rural economies and
conservation practices.
• The overarching goal is to maintain and improve the health of rural and urban forests and related
economies, as well as to protect the forests and citizens of the state. These programs maximize cost
effectiveness in program delivery and increase forestland value and sustainability through
partnerships, doing so in a voluntary and nonregulatory manner. Emphasis focuses on timber and
other forest products, wildlife, water resources, rural economies and conservation practices.
Key Issues
• Promotion of the expansion of forest products markets both domestically and internationally. A key
component of this effort is timely forest inventory and analysis (FIA) data. This effort should be
maintained at current levels or enhanced to provide the most current information. Another key
component is the education of landowners to the numerous benefits of forest certification.
• Providing technical assistance to a changing woodland owner demographic to keep working forests
working.
• Continued development of ecosystem markets in collaboration with state agencies and
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), as well as federal partners such as the Department of
Defense.
• The N.C. Forest Service and our military partners have a mutually beneficial relationship. The
agency's goals of "keeping working forests working" and forest conservation closely align with efforts
to maintain our military's training capacity. To reach these goals, both groups must continue to
effectively reach out to private woodland owners.
• Population growth, land use change and development patterns continue to complicate land
management and natural resource conservation efforts.
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