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Potential for Forest Stewardship
Program Benefits
North Carolina
WV
VA
Stewardship Priority Areas
KY
Non-Priority
0
25
50
Miles
TN
GA
Stewardship Priority
Non-Priority
Total
SC
Forest
Percent of Total
Acres
Forest
11,542,982
88.2%
1,540,233
11.8%
13,083,215
This analysis was produced as part of the North Carolina State
Assessment of Forest Resources, a cooperative project of the
forestland stakeholders in the state of North Carolina. It was
funded, in part, by a grant from the USDA Forest Service.
Stewardship Priority Lands
Non-Forest
Percent of Total
Acres
Non-Forest
887,019
4.8%
17,616,718
95.2%
18,503,738
COMPONENT LAYERS: (all layers
Hardwood Market Strength
Softwood Market Strength
Development Risk*
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Total
Acres
12,430,002
19,156,952
31,586,953
Percent
of Total
39.4%
60.6%
equal weights)
T&E Species Habitat*
Forested Lands
DWQ Excellent Water Quality Sub-Watersheds
* from Southern Forest Land Assessment
MAP NOTES
Date: February 2011
Data layer: Conserving Working Forests Priority Areas - Forest Only
File name: NC_SAP_1.mxd
Map by: Andrew Bailey
CONTACT INFORMATION
Andrew Bailey
NC Division of Forest Resources
919-857-4812
Andrew.Bailey@ncdenr.gov