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02 Resources ) . At the time , Botts oversaw the state Soil & Water Conservation programs and Division of Forest Resources . That has since changed with new administration . The County District Forester could not attend th,e meeting due to a fire on that day . During the meeting it was recognized that although there are some areas where the County and Forest Service may not agree , there are some shared goals that are easily attainable . Pursuing a cooperative program along those goals was suggested . The Soil & Water District was identified as a logical partner in the collaborative effort . Botts communicated with the new DENR Secretary , Bill Ross , and others in Raleigh . There is interest in pursuing the project . A draft of the comments from that meeting with Botts was forwarded to Senator Kinnaird ' s office , and there was interest in introducing a bill covering some of these same issues . Copies were sent to the County Forest Service . To summarize , the County and Forest Service and the Soil & Water District would enter into joint collaborative project to focus on key areas . • Jointly promoting forest management plans including joint brochures , joint community meetings , between the two parties . • Notice to adjacent landowners within certain radius of operations . • Conservation Forest option with qualified use value program . • Report known identified water quality violations that Forest Service is aware of ( they don ' t know about all operation ongoing ) ask that the Soil & Water District and Soil Erosion Control folks to look at the situation in a timely manner . Stancil noted that the two bills ( titled Local / State Forestry Pilot Program ) are similar , with Senate Bill 724 sponsored by Senators Kinnaird and Lee and House Bill 840 by Representatives Insko and Hackney . The proposal for a pilot program was expanded to authorize local governments statewide to participate . Orange County would be a part of the pilot program , as identified in Section 6 . Stancil reviewed the sections . On March 14th another meeting was held with the County Forester , District Forester , District Conservationist ( Brent Bogue ) , Commissioner Jacobs and Stancil to talk about the proposed pilot program . Concerns about promoting awareness of forest management issues were raised by the foresters . They have a hard time keeping up with the review and approval of forest management plans , and that promoting those plans would be more than they could handle . A burning permit may be issued for 48 hours up to two weeks . There is no mechanism in place to do the notifications . The Forest Service suggested that the County take on the notification role , possibly either 911 Center or Environmental Health by calling the local media and issuing a no - burn warning . On the issue of posting logging activities , the timing of such postings was a concern . The foresters noted that some of the contracts last two years and they may not be aware of when activities would occur . When they do occur it could be over a long period of time . In conclusion , the Forest Service representatives indicated interest in cooperating on a ) a joint brochure with the Tax Assessor on the use value program and b ) a joint brochure with CFE on " good neighbor approach " , directed toward loggers and adjacent landowners . The brochure would try to educate adjacent landowners about forest harvesting / management techniques and procedures ; loggers would be encouraged to notify the Forest Service even if it ' s not required ; loggers would be asked to help promote awareness among land owners adjoining logging areas of what is involved in the process . Stancil reported that a second draft of the proposed forestry pilot program was prepared and submitted to Raleigh . The Forest Services continues to be concerned about getting into an enforcement role and with the lack of adequate staff to implement the program . DRAFT CFE 4/09/01 Minutes Page 2 of 4