The pur­pose of this guide is to pro­vide non­in­dus­tri­al, pri­vate for­est landown­ers (NIPF) of North Car­oli­na with the appro­pri­ate infor­ma­tion and guid­ance to suc­cess­ful­ly man­age their land to its desired potential.

The infor­ma­tion con­tained in this pub­li­ca­tion regard­ing tax­a­tion and applic­a­ble reg­u­la­tions is accu­rate but should not be con­strued to be offi­cial gov­ern­ment inter­pre­ta­tion. Since reg­u­la­tions and laws are con­stant­ly evolv­ing, landown­ers should always check with a qual­i­fied resource pro­fes­sion­al, an accoun­tant and an attor­ney before mak­ing any final deci­sions. Addi­tion­al resource pub­li­ca­tions and infor­ma­tion can be obtained from the North Car­oli­na Coop­er­a­tive Exten­sion Ser­vice and the North Car­oli­na For­est Service.

The North Car­oli­na Forestry Asso­ci­a­tion and the North Car­oli­na Sus­tain­able Forestry Ini­tia­tive Imple­men­ta­tion Com­mit­tee hope this landowner’s guide will be a use­ful resource in improv­ing the man­age­ment, health and val­ue of North Carolina’s forests. As our state con­tin­ues to grow and urban areas expand, it is impor­tant for for­est landown­ers to be active in their com­mu­ni­ties, edu­cat­ing oth­ers about the pos­i­tive envi­ron­men­tal ben­e­fits that are syn­ony­mous with well-man­aged forests.

A landown­er can order a free guide via the mail by con­tact­ing the NCFA at (919) 834‑3943.

If you are an NC SFI SIC mem­ber and you need to place a bulk order, please con­tact the NCFA to make arrange­ments for delivery.

Addi­tion­al Resources

• NCFA
• FECF
• SFI
• NC Tree Farm 
• NCSU Exten­sion Forestry
• NC For­est Service
• NC PLT