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September 12, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.

USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program Announcement

The opening of the application process is an important step in delivering on USDA’s commitment of providing financial assistance to those who have faced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs. The application process is open now and will close on October 31.

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September 12, 2023 at 1:29 p.m.

Registration is open for regional forestry conference on Oct. 25-26 in Rocky Mount

The Forest Landowner Conference will be held Oct. 25-26 at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Speakers and exhibitors from more than a dozen state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations and companies are expected to take part.

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August 23, 2023 at 5:20 p.m.

USDA secretary stops by Brunswick

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stopped by Brunswick on Tuesday to make an appearance at a conference celebrating 10 years of the Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention network.

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August 4, 2023 at 1:31 p.m.

What’s Happening With North Carolina’s Timber Prices?

Compared to a year ago, second quarter 2023 standing timber prices were down across all product classes but pine sawtimber. ... Decline in prices from a year ago are reflective of the uncertainty in the market.

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July 24, 2023 at 11:11 a.m.

Project works to improve land ownership opportunities across NC, focusing on Black community

WNCN-TV news coverage: There are nearly 20 million acres of forest land across North Carolina, and most of it belongs to private landowners. But holding on to that land, for some owners, can be a challenge.

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July 3, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.

USDA Forest Service invests $188M to keep forests working, conserve private forestland through President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a $188 million investment to conserve some of the most economically and ecologically significant forestlands across the nation.

Roanoke Forestry News, Uncategorized

June 1, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

Forest Champion: Alton Perry

Alton Perry and the Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project are featured in a blog written by Zach Clifton, communications specialist for Keeping Forests, an organization that "represent(s) a diverse range of interests with a common mission ... to create the conditions for our current land stewards to keep forests as forests."

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May 30, 2023 at 4:35 p.m.

Green-Holley earns 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award

SFLRP's Youth Program Coordinator, Reba Green-Holley, has been recognized with a 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award.

USDA Discrimination Financial Assistance Program Announcement

Registration is open for regional forestry conference on Oct. 25-26 in Rocky Mount

USDA secretary stops by Brunswick

What’s Happening With North Carolina’s Timber Prices?

Project works to improve land ownership opportunities across NC, focusing on Black community

USDA Forest Service invests $188M to keep forests working, conserve private forestland through President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda

Forest Champion: Alton Perry

Green-Holley earns 4-H Lifetime Achievement Award

Decline in First Quarter 2023 Timber Prices!

Conference for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Oct. 25-26 in Rocky Mount

Roanoke Cooperative Recognizes Sustainable Forestry & Land Retention Project’s 10th Year of Service to Woodland Owners

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Availability of Inflation Reduction Act Funding for Climate-Smart Agriculture Nationwide

McIntosh S.E.E.D. preserves land and legacy with Black landowners in the US South

Governor Proclaims Prescribed Fire Awareness Month 2023

Showing the Power of Legacy, a Woodland Owner Profile of Ms. Edna Williams

New Publication Helps Young Black Americans Explore Career Paths in the Forest and Conservation Sector

New Round of Farmers of Color Network Grants

Two March Workshops Aim to Boost Landowner Participation in Federal Conservation Program

Co-op offers tools and tips to beat winter at its cold game of heating costs

North Carolina Woodland Owners Get Advice On Ways to Make Forests Healthier, More Profitable

USDA Opens Comment Period on Financial Assistance for Producers and Landowners Determined To Have Experienced Discrimination

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) Announces Lauren T. Cooper as Its New Chief Conservation Officer

Who Runs the Forest? Increasingly, in the Southeast, It’s Women

Perry earns state honor

Lillian “Ebonie” Alexander of North Carolina’s Black Family Land Trust Receives Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award

Conference for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Oct. 25-26 in Rocky Mount

SFI APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

REC’s Perry named Forest Conservationist of the Year

‘Land Rich, Cash Poor’ – How Black Americans Lost Some of the Most Desirable Land in the U.S.

UAPB program helps small farms

Clean energy fair gives students options on career paths

Sustainable Forestry & Land Retention Project Expands to Serve Woodland Owners in Six More N.C. Counties

Pine Knot Farms in Hurdle Mills

Roanoke Electric begins Power Hour webinar series with focus on economic development

Roanoke Electric appoints Marshall Cherry as co-op’s president and CEO

Estate planning webinar for region’s forest landowners scheduled for March 3

Roanoke Electric Co-op receives Clean Energy Leadership Award for Rapid Charging Station

USDA Announces Plenary Speakers for 2022 Agricultural Outlook Forum

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Highlights Key Work in 2021 to Advance Equity

USDA Invests $50 Million in Partnerships to Improve Equity in Conservation Programs, Address Climate Change

CEO Message

Black News Channel: Black Farmers Bouncing Back After Discriminatory Practices by USDA Nearly Eliminated Them

Enviva Partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Grow Career Opportunities for African Americans in Renewable Energy

Roanoke Electric receives $6 million for energy efficiency program through USDA

Domtar Donates $3,000 to Sustainable Forestry & Land Retention Project

N.C. Forest Service Accepting Applications for Woodland Recovery Assistance

Small-Scale, Local Producers Get Improved Insurance Coverage through New Micro Farm Policy

The Latest Farm Product: Carbon Credits

‘The woods next door’: U.S. community forests take root

N.C. Forest Service offers discount on tree seedling orders for military members

Curtis Wynn honored with North Carolina Rural Leadership Award

Forest Landowner Conference turns spotlight on climate change

Curtis Wynn steps down as CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative to take the helm at SECO Energy

Spotlight on forests at COP26, a big step forward for climate talks

Fighting Black Land Loss Helps Birds, Too

Fourtee Acres Farm Shows Power Of Legacy

Virtual conference for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Oct. 26-27

Research Roundup: How one undergraduate student’s research seeks to improve our state’s natural resources

UAPB Small Farm Program Enhancing Land, Helping Producers One Farm at a Time

Black US farmers awaiting billions in promised debt relief

Moving Forward Through Farming

Federal Financial Assistance Available for Farmers and Woodland Owners; Application Deadline is Oct. 29

Biden Administration to Invest $67 Million to Help Heirs Resolve Land Ownership and Succession Issues

Signup Period Ends July 23 for New Federal Funding to Support N.C. Conservation Practices

U.S. Senate Passes Growing Climate Solutions Act

In the U.S. South, a forestry project helps Black families keep their land

Why stepped-up basis is important for maintaining family forests

Senate Agriculture Committee hearing — Federal, State and Private Forestlands: Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change

Video: The Benefits of Prescribed Burns

American Rescue Plan Debt Payments

Earth Day 2021: Why reforestation is a crucial part of saving the environment

In Case You Missed It: Here’s What They’re Saying About the Growing Climate Solutions Act

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: Frequently Asked Questions

Guidance for Heirs’ Property Operators Participating in Farm Service Agency Programs

Co-op to host Outdoor Earth Day event, April 23

The fight for Black farmers comes to Washington

USDA seeks input on ‘climate-smart’ ag and forestry practices

North Carolina Forestry Association and N.C. Forest Service promote Arbor Day and importance of planting trees

At Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing, Farmers and Foresters Urge Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Forestry Project’s webinar underscores importance of estate planning