N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-870
Policy and plan to be inaugurated by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
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As of June 1, 2021
(1) In this Article, unless the context requires otherwise, "Department" means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and "Commissioner" means Commissioner of Agriculture.
(1) In this Article, unless the context requires otherwise, “Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and “Commissioner” means Commissioner of Agriculture.
(2) For purposes of this Chapter, "State recreational forest" means a forest managed primarily for natural resource preservation, scenic enjoyment, and recreational purposes.
(2) For purposes of this Chapter, “State recreational forest” means a forest managed primarily for natural resource preservation, scenic enjoyment, and recreational purposes.
(3) The Department shall inaugurate the following policy and plan looking to the cooperation with private and public forest owners in this State insofar as funds may be available through legislative appropriation, gifts of money or land, or such cooperation with landowners and public agencies as may be available: The extension of the forest fire prevention organization to all counties in the State needing such protection.
(3) The Department shall inaugurate the following policy and plan looking to the cooperation with private and public forest owners in this State insofar as funds may be available through legislative appropriation, gifts of money or land, or such cooperation with landowners and public agencies as may be available: The extension of the forest fire prevention organization to all counties in the State needing such protection.
(4) To cooperate with federal and other public agencies in the restoration of forest growth on land unwisely cleared and subsequently neglected.
(4) To cooperate with federal and other public agencies in the restoration of forest growth on land unwisely cleared and subsequently neglected.
(5) To furnish trained and experienced experts in forest management, to inspect private forestlands and to advise with forest landowners with a view to the general observance of recognized and practical rules of growing, cutting, and marketing timber. The services of such trained experts of the Department must naturally be restricted to those landowners who agree to carry out so far as possible the recommendations of said Department.
(5) To furnish trained and experienced experts in forest management, to inspect private forestlands and to advise with forest landowners with a view to the general observance of recognized and practical rules of growing, cutting, and marketing timber. The services of such trained experts of the Department must naturally be restricted to those landowners who agree to carry out so far as possible the recommendations of said Department.
(6) To prepare and distribute printed and other material for the use of teachers and club leaders and to provide instruction to schools and clubs and other groups of citizens in order to train the younger generation in the principles of wise use of our forest resources.
(6) To prepare and distribute printed and other material for the use of teachers and club leaders and to provide instruction to schools and clubs and other groups of citizens in order to train the younger generation in the principles of wise use of our forest resources.
(7) To acquire small areas of suitable land in the different regions of the State on which to establish small, model forests which shall be developed and used by the said Department as State demonstration forests for experiment and demonstration in forest management.
(7) To acquire small areas of suitable land in the different regions of the State on which to establish small, model forests which shall be developed and used by the said Department as State demonstration forests for experiment and demonstration in forest management.
History
(2011-145, s. 13.25(o).)
Transfer of Division of Forest Resources. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(a), provides: "(a) The Division of Forest Resources is transferred from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with all the elements of a Type I transfer, as defined by G.S. 143A-6."
Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(yy), provides: "The transfers under this section become effective July 1, 2011, and funds transferred shall be net of any changes enacted by this section."
Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(zz), provides: "Any references in this act to the Division of Forest Resources of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall be construed to refer to the Division of Forest Resources of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Any references in this act to the Forestry Council of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall be construed to refer to the Forestry Council of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services."
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.