The NC SFI SIC seeks to pro­mote the prin­ci­ples of the SFI pro­gram through its involve­ment with var­i­ous pro­grams across the state.

With­in the realm of the for­est prod­ucts indus­try, the com­mit­tee sup­ports log­ger train­ing through its involve­ment with the NCFA’s Pro­Log­ger pro­gram in addi­tion to its work­ing rela­tion­ship with the North Car­oli­na For­est Ser­vice. The North Car­oli­na For­est Ser­vice pro­vides direct input to the com­mit­tee on log­ger per­for­mance across the state in terms of Best Man­age­ment Prac­tices and the For­est Prac­tice Guidelines.

The com­mit­tee seeks to raise the aware­ness of the SFI stan­dard among the gen­er­al pub­lic by sup­port­ing edu­ca­tion ini­tia­tives such as the NCFA’s Forestry & Envi­ron­men­tal Camps and the Sus­tain­able Forestry Teach­ers’ Expe­ri­ence. The com­mit­tee is a direct spon­sor of the Teach­ers’ Expe­ri­ence and sev­er­al com­mit­tee mem­bers serve as vol­un­teers at the NCFA’s camps.

The NC SFI SIC also pro­motes SFI direct­ly to the peo­ple who own the major­i­ty of forests in North Car­oli­na, pri­vate landown­ers. The com­mit­tee sup­ports forestry clubs, work­shops for landown­ers, and the North Car­oli­na Tree Farm program.

The com­mit­tee wel­comes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to work with new groups or orga­ni­za­tions through its new­ly cre­at­ed grant pro­gram that seeks to con­nect the com­mit­tee with those who are work­ing on projects that pro­mote the ideals of SFI. If you have a pro­gram that could use some help get­ting off the ground, please check out the grant pro­gram and con­tact the NC SFI SIC.