Who We Are...
The North Carolina State Implementation Committee (NC SIC) is a coalition of individuals representing landowners, industry representatives, consulting foresters, universities, conservation organizations and government agencies.
The goal of the committee is to ensure that forestland in North Carolina is managed wisely and that North Carolina's forests will be able to supply the needs of future generations.
The NC SIC promotes sustainable forest management by example and by providing guidance, assistance and education. The committee now also provides grants to forest industry professionals, private forest owners, educators and others supporting the SFI’s principles. The grant amounts range between $500 and $20,000. The guidelines and application are linked here and are on the left side of the home page.
In addition to the grant program, the NC SIC maintains a SFI Inconsistent Practices toll free phone number, which is (877) 271-6531, that is available to the public. The Inconsistent Practices number is a resource to report any forest management activity that is not consistent with the goals of the SFI program. The goals and background information on the SFI program can be found at www.sfiprogram.org. All phone calls are investigated by the program's third-party monitor. All reports are investigated in the strictest confidence. This program documents any inconsistent practices, if any, that may take place in North Carolina in a given year. The monitor is not an enforcement agency nor does the monitor have the authority to mediate a complaint.
The NC SIC also provides input to the NCFA's successful logger education program, ProLogger. The program was started in 1995 and it added a continuing education element in 2002. The program requires that all ProLoggers meet annual education requirements to maintain their status as ProLoggers. Classes target any ongoing environmental issues identified through field reports by the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources and any safety trends reported by the North Carolina Department of Labor. To learn more about the ProLogger program, click here.
The current chair of the NC SIC is Jim Durham, who is with International Paper. He can be reached at (910) 655-6276.