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Six of the state forests are known as State Educational Forests and they are primarily used to educate the public about the forest environment, forestry, and forest management. One state forest, DuPont, was designated as a State Recreational Forest in recognition of its high recreational value and use.
The North Carolina Forest Service, formerly known as the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources is a North Carolina state government agency responsible for providing land management assistance to landowners. The agency's primary responsibility is wildland fire control on all state and privately owned land in North Carolina, United States. [1]
Bladen Lakes State Forest (BLSF) is a North Carolina state forest near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, US. [1] It is managed by the North Carolina Forest Service. Covering about 33,450 acres (13,540 ha), it is the largest state owned forest in North Carolina. Bladen Lakes comprises three parcels of land and has a total of eight compartments.
The Croatan National Forest (/ ˈ k r oʊ ə t æ n /) [3] is a U.S. National Forest, was established on July 29, 1936, and is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.It is administered by the United States Forest Service, a part of the United States Department of Agriculture.
The department was founded as the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History. Its first secretary was Sam Ragan, poet and arts advocate who later became North Carolina Poet Laureate. [3] It was renamed to Department of Cultural Resources in 1973. [4]
In the year 2021 Pennsylvania ranked 4th behind #1 Oregon, #2 North Carolina and #3 Michigan in Christmas trees harvested with 1,010,620 on 30,544 acres. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Unlike other top Christmas tree producing states, Pennsylvania's production is spread out across the state with several counties jumping in on production.
In 2005, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation making the Fraser fir the official Christmas tree of North Carolina. The Fraser fir is cultivated from seedlings in several northern states in the USA and across the border in adjacent parts of the Canadian province of Quebec , especially for the Christmas tree trade. [ 15 ]
eastern north carolina forests. "North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service - Reforestation of North Carolina's Pines". 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 12 July 1997 "Longleaf pine/wiregrass ecosystem". Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge; Barnett, James P. (2014).