SELECTIVELY
- CCRC began receiving calls from citizens who were distressed about clearcutting and water quality impacts in their communities.
- Fifteen of the seventeen chip mills in North Carolina use a timber mix of 78% hardwood trees.
- To date, CCRC has evaluated 204 sites and the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources has been notified of 75% of these inspections.
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HARVESTED?
- Often, the Division does not know where the logging is occuring, because there are not any state requirements in place for Prior-Notification of Timber Harvesting.
- Since the inception of CCRC's Forest Watch Program, the Division has been very supportive of our reporting efforts
- The Forest Watch Program is becoming the "eyes" of what is happening throughout Rutherford County and North Carolina.
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TIMBERING?
- During the next five years, CCRC sees the Forest Watch Program as a critical piece in the promotion and support of statewide protective forest legislation.
Thinking about
Cutting Timber?
Be Sure to have a forest management plan and timber cutting contract.
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