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FOREST
SERVICE
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
N C
and Consumer Services
Steve Troxler N.C. Forest Service Wib L. Owen
Commissioner Assistant Commissioner
State Forester
N. David Smith
Chief Deputy Commissioner
July 26, 2012
DI I - FA
County - Orange
Agreement
ORANGE COUNTY FINANCE OFFICE
P.O. Box 8181
HILLSBOROUGH NC 27278-2846
Dear Sir:
Your County's copy of the agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services is enclosed. This is the basis for our cooperation for the FY 2012-201.3. The original
has been retained for our Department records, and the third copy has been sent to our District
Office. I am confident that our excellent cooperative relations of the past will continue through
the new fiscal year, which should see continued improvement in our State's Forestry Program.
Your County's cooperative efforts are proof of the increasing interest in the Forestry Program.
Please contact your County Ranger,the local District Forester, or this office if there are any
questions about the Cooperative Program.
in rely,
David Smith
Chief Deputy Commissioner
Enclosure
cc: District 11
1616 Mail service Center,Raleigh North Carolina 27699-1616
Phone:(919)857-4801 ■FAX: (919)857-4802■www.dfr.state.nc.us/
An Equal Opportunity Employer
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Department of
Agriculture& Consumer Services
$ 195,425
Total Cooperative Appropriation
$ 117,255 60%
State
$ 78,170 40%
County
AGREEMENT FOR THE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT
OF FOREST LAND IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
THIS AGREEMENT, made under authority of "An act to authorize Counties to cooperate with
State in Forest Protection, Reforestation and promotion of Forest Management,"Article 75 of
Chapter 106,G.S. 106-895 through G.S. 106-910,by Session Laws 2011-145,s. 13.25(p),effective
July 1, 2011, and also under authority of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services (hereinafter Called the Department),party of the first part, and the Board of
Commissioners of ORANGE COUNTY in the State of North Carolina(hereinafter called the
Board),party of the second part,witnesseth:
That WHEREAS the said Board, recognizing the need for active forest protection, development,
reforestation, management and improvement in ORANGE COUNTY, has accepted the offer of
the Department for cooperation in accomplishing this object:
Now THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the said
parties contract and agree to maintain a legally appointed and equipped Forest Ranger
organization in said county at the joint cost of the State and County, insofar as the joint funds
will permit, as follows:
Part 1. THE DEPARTMENT AGREES:
I To select, employ and appoint, after consultation with the Board, a County
Forester or County Forest Ranger for the purposes of controlling forest fires in said County; for
detecting and extinguishing fires that break out; for investigating the origin of forest,woodland
and field fires; for enforcing State forest fire laws; for taking such preventative measures,
educational and otherwise, as shall seem necessary to prevent forest fires; for developing and
improving the forests through reforestation promotion and practice of Forest Management
practices; and for protection from insects and diseases,