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N.C. Forest Service offers discount on tree seedling orders for military members
November 17, 2021

Published in The Daily Tar Heel By Ethan Horton November 16, 2021 | 6:00pm EST   The North Carolina Forest Service [...]

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Curtis Wynn honored with North Carolina Rural Leadership Award
November 16, 2021

Wynn, President and CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative, selected for his positive impact on rural North Carolina Press Release from [...]

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Forest Landowner Conference turns spotlight on climate change
November 15, 2021

The recent Forest Landowner Conference underscored the critical importance of well-managed forestland and farmland in addressing some of challenges posed [...]

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Curtis Wynn steps down as CEO of Roanoke Electric Cooperative to take the helm at SECO Energy
November 10, 2021

AULANDER, N.C. – After more than 24 years as the chief executive officer at Roanoke Electric Cooperative, Curtis Wynn is [...]

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Spotlight on forests at COP26, a big step forward for climate talks
November 1, 2021

Ending deforestation by 2030 is on the agenda (From the online forestry news platform Forests News) Wednesday, October 27, 2021 [...]

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Fighting Black Land Loss Helps Birds, Too
October 18, 2021

By Xander Peters, Reporter Audubon magazine, Fall 2021 (Posted with permission) Efforts to reform heirs’ property laws are expanding access [...]

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Fourtee Acres Farm Shows Power Of Legacy
October 11, 2021

The Carolinian Newspaper October 7, 2021 By Tyria McCray, Staff Writer   One word, Legacy. That alone encompasses Fourtee Acres [...]

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Virtual conference for region’s forest landowners scheduled for Oct. 26-27
October 1, 2021

AULANDER, N.C., Oct. 1, 2021 – Forest landowners in northeastern North Carolina have the opportunity in late October to learn [...]

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Research Roundup: How one undergraduate student’s research seeks to improve our state’s natural resources
September 10, 2021

by Patsy McKee, Correspondent Sep 7, 2021 in Technician, the official student newspaper of NC State University. (Reprinted with permission)  [...]

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UAPB Small Farm Program Enhancing Land, Helping Producers One Farm at a Time
September 9, 2021

by Will Hehemann | School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences UAPB Small Farm Program Enhancing Land, Helping Producers One [...]