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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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Forest Products Week: A Celebration that Begins in Your Woods
October 16, 2021

By Mark Megalos Executive Director, National Woodland Owners Association   National Forest Products Week is celebrated the third week in [...]

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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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Federal Financial Assistance Available for Farmers and Woodland Owners; Application Deadline is Oct. 29
August 26, 2021

AHOSKIE, N.C., August 25, 2021—Farmers and woodland owners who want to take advantage of the latest round of conservation assistance [...]

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Why stepped-up basis is important for maintaining family forests
May 25, 2021

In this commentary published in The Hill — a policy-oriented news outlet in Washington, D.C. — author Thomas Straka warns [...]

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Video: The Benefits of Prescribed Burns
May 12, 2021

SFLRP Director Alton Perry narrates this 90-second video on an important forest management practice — prescribed burns. [...]

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Earth Day 2021: Why reforestation is a crucial part of saving the environment
April 22, 2021

ByJulia Jacobo ABC News April 22, 2021   Climate change may be the focus of the environmental movement, but restoring [...]

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North Carolina Forestry Association and N.C. Forest Service promote Arbor Day and importance of planting trees
March 15, 2021

North Carolina Forestry Association and N.C. Forest Service promote Arbor Day and importance of planting trees Arbor Day 2021 is [...]

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The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network Joins Movement To Conserve, Restore and Grow One Trillion Trees
February 25, 2021

Washington, DC—The Sustainable Forestry and African American Land Retention Network (SFLR) today announced it will help restore biodiversity and fight [...]