Agenda 09-03-19 Item 8-i - Approval of FY 2019-20 Forest Service Contract

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10 NCFS Summary of Accomplishments in Orange County Forest Stewardship The Forest Stewardship Program is a cooperative effort involving several agencies and forestry professionals. It is designed to encourage landowners to manage their natural resources to enhance timber, fish and wildlife, water, soils, and aesthetics. This year we are proud to announce that Orange Water and Sewer Association has been announced as the Forest Stewardship Agency Partner Award for 2018! Below is a list of Orange County Forest Stewardship Committee members and the agencies with which they are associated. This year 1 comprehensive Forest Stewardship Plan covering 52 acres was written for landowners detailing the total resources on their property and making recommendations on how to best manage them. Clell Britt, Assistant District Forester, N.C. Forest Service Kelley Douglass, Wildlife Biologist, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission =>e6i fa. o= Figure 1:Former District Forester John Howard presents Ruth Rouse the Forest Stewardship Award for the OWASA Buckhorn Tract in southern Orange County Cost Share Assistance The N.C. Forest Service offers assistance in forest management through managing cost share assistance in forest practices. The most common practice is of course reforestation by way of planting trees in cutover areas or reforesting old fields. In 2018, The N.C.F.S. main program, the Forest Development Program (F.D.P.) reimbursed landowners in Orange County with a total of$5,390 of cost share assistance. The average cost of$85.00 per acre of reforestation is offset by the cost share of$35.00 per acre or 40% of the total cost, allowing an additional 146 acres to be planted in Orange County that otherwise may not have been planted. In 2019, an additional 215+ acres have been approved for cost share assistance. 4