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North Carolina Forest Service

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North Carolina Forest Service
Agency overview
JurisdictionState of North Carolina
WebsiteNorth Carolina Forest Service

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] The Service was a Division of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources until July 2011 and is now part of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.[2]

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  • Forestry Students Jump Out of the Classroom and into the Fire
  • NC State Fire Week 2016
  • N.C. Forest Service prescribed burn at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve

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This is what we're looking for right now though, the flame height is about a foot to two foot. I'm controlling the line to make sure we're not getting any spot fires on this side of the line. It's my job right now, just watching this fire. We're here at Forestry Summer Camp, and this is Fire Week, and the students are becoming certified firefighters. This is an operational burn for instructional purposes, just teaching the students how to do it. With 23 students here and the whole, and then we had eight other professionals coming from the State Forest Service, the Park Service and the Nature Conservancy. They're all represented here to help and help instruct the students. We started with a briefing that was led by our burn boss, who is a student, and he's a senior. And he planned the whole thing. Then he told everybody what was going to happen, the strategy that we're following, and broke them up into three crews, and they all went in separate directions to do their assignments. Each crew was led by a professional who gave instruction throughout the whole thing. Now all you have to do to initiate this is turn the head of this thing down right along this outside edge. For the past week we've learned about fire behavior and we've learned about what to look for whenever we're actually out on a fire. So we were out here, and we got the fire started, and the professors and the other people assisting, they would start asking us questions to make sure we knew what was happening based on what we had been taught, like the wind and how the wind is going to affect the behavior of the fire and how it may heat a stand nearby. And you'll have the radiant heat coming off and then you may get spotting. So we've been able to apply the things that we have learned to this activity. And it's been really beneficial, I think. I love how I learn. You're taught the things, but you can't, if you can't apply them, how can you really let them sink into your memory and really know what to do if you're in that situation? In the classroom they're going to go over all the scenarios that you're going to see, but you're not really going to understand what it means when they're talking about it in the classroom until you get out and apply it in the field. You're not going to; you just don't get the real effect in the classroom. And you really need to be on a fire to learn about fire. That's it.

History

1800s-1910s

  • 1891 - The North Carolina Geographic Survey is authorized by the state legislature. Joseph Austin Holmes, professor of Botany and Geology at N.C. State College is appointed State Geologist. This marked the first geological survey in the nation authorized by public funds. W.W. Ashe, a student at the University of North Carolina is appointed part-time Assistant in Forestry for the state Geologic Survey. Conducting timber investigations, he becomes the first state employee to carry out forestry work.
  • 1905 - The NC Geological Survey is reorganized and renamed the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey. Joseph Hyde Pratt succeeds Joseph Holmes as State Geologist.
  • 1908 - The NC Geological and Economic Survey is split into three divisions. W.W. Ashe is employed as "Forestry Expert" in the new Forestry Division.
  • 1909 - John Simcox Holmes is appointed as the first state employed graduate forester.
  • 1915 - An act of the NC General Assembly provides the first forest fire wardens and gives them law enforcement powers. The act also authorizes the state to acquire and administer state forests and parks. John Simcox Holmes is given the titles of State Forester and State Forest Warden. However, no state funds are appropriated for the positions. Mount Mitchell State Park is formed and entrusted to the state Geological and Economic Survey.
  • 1918 - The first state Extension Forester, Harvey B. Krausz, is appointed. The position is under the joint jurisdiction of the US Forest Service, States Relation Service, and the NC Geological and Economic Survey. All farm woodland is placed under the Extension Forester's authority, except for fire control activities.

1920s-1940s

  • 1921 - Walter Darell Clark appointed to assist State Forester John Simcox Holmes and given title of Chief Forest Warden. The NC legislature appropriates the first funds for fire protection. Less than $3000. The first county wildfire control cooperators, Avery, Buncombe, Jackson and New Hanover, appropriate a total of $1500 for use on a 50-50 matching basis with the state.
  • 1922 - Over 20 counties cooperate with the state through matching funds for wildfire suppression. Each has a County Fire Warden. The first districts are formed in Asheville and Lenoir (1 and 2). A third is soon added in Fayetteville. District Warden's titles are changed to District Forester.
  • 1925 - The NC Geological and Economic Survey is reorganized and the NC Department of Conservation and Development is formed by the NC legislature. The Division of Forestry is placed under the new department.
  • 1926 - The state constructs its first fire tower, in Harnett County.
  • 1927 - The Game Division is formed as part of the Department of Conservation and Development. Game law enforcement is assigned to the Division of Forestry.
  • 1933-1938 - The Civilian Conservation Corps makes important contributions to the state's forestry efforts. 52 fire towers were constructed. Hundreds of miles of woods trails were made. Almost 15 million trees were planted. Over 6,000 acres of timber stand improvement work was carried out.
  • 1937 - The first survey of NC Forest Resources is made.
  • 1939 - Bladen Lake State Forest, a former land utilization project site, is acquired from the US Resettlement Administration under a long-term lease. The state Division of Forestry is given responsibility for investigating and controlling forest insects and diseases.
  • 1945 - Combination Fire and Game Wardens are given the choice of working for either the Forestry Division or the Game Division. Forestry stops enforcement of game laws. William K. Beichler becomes NC's second State Forester following the resignation of John Simcox Holmes.
  • 1948 - The state Division of Forestry receives its first forest management funds and takes charge of the Farm Forestry Program from the Extension Service.
  • 1949 - The State Parks Division is created, removing authority over the parks from the Division of Forestry.

1950s-1960s

  • 1950 - William Beichler steps down as State Forester. The Cooperative Forest Management act is passed. It makes federal funds available to hire more state service foresters.
  • 1951 - Fred H. Claridge becomes State Forester.
  • 1953 - The state Division of Forestry purchases its first scout plane: a Piper Cub. The Little River Nursery at Goldsboro is authorized.
  • 1954 - The US Resettlement Administration deeds the Bladen State Forest property to the state on condition that it be used for public purposes.
  • 1955 - The N.C. Legislature authorizes the state to execute a compact with other southern states for mutual aid in fighting forest fires. Over 600,000 acres burn from a single fire covering areas of Hyde, Washington, and Tyrrell counties. Subsequently, the first statewide master forest fire plan is developed.
  • 1963 - April 4, "Black Thursday": 127 fires burn 185,000 acres.[3] First Tree Improvement Program seed orchard established at Ralph Edwards Nursery.
  • 1966 - Fred H. Claridge steps down as State Forester. Ralph C. Winkworth is promoted to replace him.
  • 1969 - N.C. becomes the first state in nation to get legislative authority & funding to provide custom forestation work for landowners

1970s-1990s

  • 1970 - NCFS becomes the first state agency to send a crew to a western state to fight fire.
  • 1973 - The forerunner of the state Educational State Forest System, the Small State Forest System, is developed. The Griffiths State Forest Nursery is re-established as Clayton State Forest, the first of the Small State Forest System. At a dedication, State Forester Ralph Winkworth describes the forest's mission as "a supplement to the state park system with the primary mission of explaining the forest and forestry."
  • 1975 - Clayton State Forest is renamed Clemmons State Forest in honor of former forest supervisor Moody Clemmons.
  • 1977 - Implementation of Forest Development cost-share program begins.
  • 1980 - State Forester Ralph Winkworth passes away.
  • 1981 - H.J. "Boe" Green takes over as State Forester.
  • 1985 - H.J. Green steps down as State Forester. Harry Layman replaces him. The Allen Road Fire burns 93,000 acres.
  • 1986 - The Small State Forest System is changed to the Educational State Forest System. The Topsail Fires burn 73,000 acres.
  • 1989 - Implementation of Forest Practices Guidelines related to water quality begins.
  • 1991 - Stanford Adams becomes State Forester.
  • 1992 - For the first time, a division Incident Management Team is sent out of state. The team is deployed to Florida to assist with the recovery from Hurricane Andrew.
  • 1994 - The Fish Day Fire burns 24,600 acres on U.S. Forest Service land.
  • 1997 - The division is the first state agency to acquire a CL-215 "Super Scooper" air tanker.

2000-present

  • 2003 - The division adopts the national Firewise Communities USA Program
  • 2004 - The one millionth acre planted under the Forest Development Program is celebrated.
  • 2006 - State Forester Stanford Adams retires.
  • 2007 - Wib Owen is named State Forester.
  • 2008 - The 40,704 acre Evans Road Fire burns in Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington counties.
  • 2010 - The North Carolina State Forest Assessment is completed.
  • 2011 - After being known as the "North Carolina Division of Forest Resources" for several decades, the agency's name is changed back to the "North Carolina Forest Service" and it is transferred from the authority of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  • 2012 - Scott Bissette is appointed Assistant Commissioner and Greg Pate State Forester.
  • 2014 - Greg Pate retires and assumes the Alabama State Forester position. David Lane is appointed State Forester on April 14.

See also

References

  1. ^ "North Carolina Forest Service". www.ncforestservice.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  2. ^ "N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Touching your life every day". www.ncagr.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  3. ^ The North Carolina Forest Service: 100 Years of protecting, managing and promoting (PDF), retrieved 28 August 2016

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