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benefits for biofuel production that could be used at <br />the state level. <br />Rich (2007) suggest that North Carolina could meet <br />at least an additional 10% of its energy consumption <br />needs by including forest (6 %), agricultural (1%), <br />and waste Q %) biomass resources in the state's <br />energy portfolio. The production potential for these <br />resources is distributed throughout the state and <br />could include lands that are currently being used for <br />timber production and agriculture, or lands in the <br />CRP. In fact, Rich (2007) included the conversion <br />of 104,000 acres of conservation land to switchgrass <br />and hybrid poplar in their analysis of potential ener- <br />gy production for the state. The unsustainable use <br />of forestlands or the conversion of CRP lands to use <br />for biofuel production has the potential to negatively <br />affect wildlife and habitat in North Carolina. Figure <br />4 -16 shows that a number of counties in North <br />Carolina with high potential for biomass production <br />also have large amounts of acreage in CRP contracts. <br />Working forests provide a number of ecosystem <br />services including energy production, recreation, <br />wildlife habitat, and carbon sequestration. Hard- <br />woods cover a significant portion of the state of <br />North Carolina (Figure 4 -17), and according to Rich <br />Conservation tion Reserve Program Expiring Corwitrads and IM AM Polenb l I y County <br />Ne h, ( *,ar lln <br />rr•pr° r�rJMSr`Mr <br />t ; <br />IIIIIIIIIIIIIII� 1R v <br />Ilrlrlrlr � �;� <br />SOnmS�, W41 Mr °rnte"serr P-MAIT o 11rW1 ;1,1 "Ault! <br />rwmrr 41011 101Vn r a gI Mi rwrawo!A ON <br />rrili Arid rdw r.g AMA M �kmej�o ila(1 <br />MMMOACmr WrrwAnMrou weatmart M' IT, <br />rrMrrrI rrrMmrrmn 9, "M <br />P <br />witw,�r9at rrMUrw <br />IIIIIIIIMhI�m ! ll1Jl /�91�//�rr� i <br />rMild , "MR, fimul taful fixul u,x*$11i6m.Ki <br />eaxxuk Mn aM g0oerr Ormi we eodmdrd <br />nv!� RAM h hemr M br aw,& cxguly retrPse Me�nu.rem p-Mexighrgunrdlw., a % iM2', <br />bdA vxwfw <br />C WowmbenE Ofwa%fel r �u�wwr ob�rm� iiu����'wrm o�me mwy� <br />mwnkrc�v "�, m rmuuubol mmiawam•tl" a Rota W' N r .A x0JUGr l tv%iCM rya <br />27M2MMVr,r pfam Ptrio► MAMQ dAzIl ar Il wMu <br />d.a, 'NiI+NP F'nN yp VtlI�,mOJMda'�I ''M A" eali 04rOfP" N&1"wvp%'A , 04Mkr.O0 <br />�u 9mv x7bl� N� „Idh a *0 p MA” Rme, gp4 g tl.W(, <br />­7 <br />wAl"oz 7 04 <br />Mu <br />up <br />ml IN Nw NA <br />auezulta n4i,mdmr m Wive t bam n�!wMg <br />Figure 4 -16. Conservation Reserve Program expiring contracts and biomass potential by county in North <br />Carolina. Dark shaded counties have higher biomass resource potential. The height of the bar in each <br />county indicates the acreage in existing contracts as of 2009 (expiration dates are color coded within the bar). <br />