Month: February 2012

from TREELINE, the NC Foresty Association newsletter – Jan/Feb 2012

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler addressed landowners at the Saving the Farm Workshop. Troxler stressed the important role agriculture and farmers play in the state’s economy.

Keeping the farm workshop once again draws a large crowd

Under the direction of District Director Dale Threatt-Taylor, the Wake County Soil & Water Conservation District once again sponsored its popular “Keeping the Farm Workshop” in Raleigh.  The energetic Threatt-Taylor has been running this program for the past seven years. She draws in the various civil servants who serve the farming community as well as experts from North Carolina State University. Topics included cost-share programs, the present-use tax program, a legislative update and an update on estate taxes.  The NCFA has been a sponsor of this program since its origin and participates by displaying at the event.

Congratulations to Wake Soil and Water Conservation District. In January it received the Unit of Government Award for 2011, given by The Hugh Hammond Bennett Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society of America. The District was honored for its long history (48 years) of participating in the NC Resource Conservation Workshop with NCSU, US Army COE, NC Forest Service, Clemmons Educational State Forest, NC Wildlife Resources Commission, NC Division of Soil and Water Conservation and NRCS. The workshop provides a week-long active, outdoor learning experience focused on conservation of natural resources. This year’s workshop will take place in June.