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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF ENl/IRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF' FOREST RE$OURCi~S 3314 NC 86 5outla Hillsborough, NC 27278-8711 October 26, 2000 Mr. john Lick Orange County Manager P. O..Box 81$1 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Mr. Link: . County Ranger Brad Bowling forwarded to me a proposed "Memorandum of Understanding" that Ora~age County Commissioners had requested that we the Division of Forest Resources, agree too. There were a number of items that we could not comply with, because of Department Regulations and/or lack of resources on our part. However, there are also many things that were listed is the proposed "Memorandum of Understanding' that we would be able to do. The North Carolina Divisions of Forest Resources' Mrssion is "to develop, protect, and. manage the ~ multiple resources of North Carolina's forests through professional stewardship, enharsdng the quality of life for our citizens while ensuring the continuity of these vital resources." . Our organization fulfils this mission by working with individual Landowners. We assist those landowners: 1. In the protection, management, and development of their woodland. 2. In assisting in the proper harvesting of their woodland. . 3. In the protection of the water quaffty of any .water bodies located in ar near their 1~~~'• 4. Iu the improvemerst or development of their woodland for wildlife, recreation, or other multiple uses. . - - - . , . (D y) inspects known logging. operations to ensure that ~e~-..~~`~vioo ~~actice Vuitielines~~~'G); -~fle ~ni+a~"wrt`~"lhe responsi"ti~e `-~~-~-.T~..-"'.: parties to bring them into compliance if they are in non-compliance. A Form 4808 is completed upon the completion of our inspections: A courtesy copy will be sent to the County's designated recipient if you wiIl advise us as to whom you would like this to be sent. We will also notify your designated recipient if we are called to a reported logging operation and find that it is a development operation. We consider harvesting activities m be a developmem operation if the timber is bring harvested for the purpo~ of clearing the woodland for a fixture non-woodland purpose. . We are required by Policy, Regulaiioms, and Memorandum of Undnd ~ ro der directly to the appropriate Division (Water Quality, Land Resources, etc.) if we are unable to bring a forestry operation into compliance with FPG. We will send your designated recipient a courtesy copy at that time. We also check other operations, not just harvesting operations, i.e. mechanical site preparation. We don't assign blame to logger, but work with any and all parties as needed to mitigate potential violations, and we refer non-compliant tracts to other agencies, not landowners, loggers, etc.