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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 21,1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. g- h <br />SUBJECT: Forest Service Contract <br />DEPARTMENT: Budget Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Agreement for the Protection Development Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br />and Improvement of Forest Lands in <br />Orange County. <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: <br />To approve the annual agreement between Orange County and the North Carolina Department <br />of Natural Resources and Community Development (DNRCD) to support the NC Forest Service <br />in Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />This agreement, received from the Orange County Division of the Forest Service in September, <br />provides for the continued maintenance by the DNRCD (through the NC Forest Service) of the <br />protection, development and improvement of forestlands in Orange County. <br />Responsibilities of the Forest Service include: <br />controlling forest fires in the County, <br />detecting and extinguishing forest fires, <br />investigating origins of forest, woodland and field fires, <br />enforcing State forest fires laws, <br />taking preventative measures, educational and otherwise, as necessary, to prevent forest <br />fires, <br />developing and improving the forests through reforestation, promotion and practice of Forest <br />Management practices. <br />