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• Assisted ] I landowners with planting trees on 280 acres. We also assisted another 0 75 landowner in replanting a 5-acre area that needed additional seedlings after being planted last year. According to the North Carolina Forestry Association, many investment • analysts consider reforestation to be one of the best long-term investments available to landowners. Assisted 7 landowners in identifying 30 acres of desirable natural reforestation resulting from natural seed sources. Our tract examinations and seedling counts saved these landowners the expense of tree planting. Assisted 3 landowners in having pre-commercial thinnings done on 51 acres of pine stands. Assisted 2 additional landowners in getting 226 acres of their pine stands control burned. • The Division of Forest Resources provides technical assistance and helps landowners receive cost-sharing assistance through several programs. We have helped 8 landowners to receive approximately $12,475 in North Carolina's Forest Development (FDP) cost- sharing funds. This cost-share program reimburses landowners for 40% to 60% of certain reforestation and timber stand improvement expenses. We helped four landowners to receive approximately $4,485 in assistance from North Carolina's Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program that helps landowners with about 70% of their expense in pre-commercially thinning qualifying young pine stands and about 40% of their reforestation costs. We have also assisted one landowner in receiving approximately $672 from the federal government's Forest Land Enhancement Program (FLEP) which assisted him with some in-stand burning. r • Made 37 inspections on timber harvesting projects and 9 additional inspections on reforestation and forestry projects, which involved soil-disturbing forestry practices and forestry herbicide use, to ensure their compliance with North Carolina's Sedimentation Law. These 46 inspections involved some 654 acres. • Good forestry was promoted in l8 programs given to students and other groups. Lee County benefits from the NC Division of Forest Resources' Jordan Lake Educational State Forest located in Chatham County. It is projected that 280 students from Lee County will attend classes at Jordan Lake Educational State Forest this year. Pest Control Forest insects and diseases can be more devastating to our forests than fire. As we work in Lee County, we remain alert to forest diseases or insects. Fortunately, there have not been any significant insect or disease problems this past year. Since July Is` 2008, we have responded to twenty (20) pest control requests by landowners concerning various tree problems. •