About Us
NCWoodlands is an independent grassroots not-for-profit organization that provides its members with a voice on national, state, and local issues affecting North Carolina’s private woodlands. We are affiliated with the National Woodland Owners Association and our mission is to advance the interests of North Carolina’s woodland owners and to encourage responsible stewardship of their property. We also seek to inform all North Carolinians of the benefits of forestry which include wealth creation, more wildlife, cleaner water, fewer wildfires, and healthier, more productive forests.
Statement of Purpose
- To support the practice of forestry in North Carolina
- To increase awareness of the importance North Carolina’s forestland to the overall economic and environmental health of the state
- To encourage North Carolina’s woodland owners to develop and implement sound forest management plans for their woodland property
- To promote unity of purpose among North Carolina’s woodland owners
- To represent North Carolina woodland owners to federal, state, and local government entities or officials
- To keep North Carolina’s woodland owners informed of important issues affecting them in the legislative, regulatory, environmental, educational, and legal arenas
- To advance the interests of North Carolina’s woodland owners in cooperation with compatible entities including appropriate state agencies, universities, and other conservation groups
Learn More
You can learn more about forestry and forest stewardship from these state and national organizations:
Association of Consulting Foresters
National Woodland Owners Association
North Carolina Association of Consulting Foresters
North Carolina
Extension Forestry