NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Forestry Association
NORTH CAROLINA TOBACCO TRUST SUPPORTS NORTH CAROLINA LOGGERS THE
NCFA Awarded Grant to Expand Business Classes for Loggers
Logging is an integral part of the forest products circular economy; without loggers, landowners are not able to harvest crops from their land, sawmills and pulp and paper mills won’t have inventory to create products, and global consumers are unable to purchase the forest products they rely on in their daily lives. This grant will provide resources through the NCFA’s ProLogger safety certification program to inform North Carolina’s loggers on business practices necessary for success. The ProLogger program promotes three pillars of safety, business, and environmental awareness.
By Mike Powell, Director of Forestry Programs and Amanda Murphy, Director of Communications
The team at the North Carolina Forestry Association (NCFA) through the Forest Education and Conservation Foundation applied for and received a three-year grant from the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission (NCTTFC) in late 2023, “From Tobacco to Sustainable Forestry.” The NCTTFC was created to assist current/former tobacco farmers, former quota holders, persons engaged in tobacco-related businesses, individuals displaced from tobacco-related employment, and tobacco product component businesses in NC. The NCTTFC makes grants for economic development in tobacco dependent communities. Read more here: https://tobaccotrustfund.org/.
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The ProLogger program would not be possible without the support of our collaborative partnerships, including instructors from Forestry Mutual Insurance Company, the North Carolina Department of Labor, the North Carolina Forest Service, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina Highway Patrol (Division of Motor Carriers), and the North Carolina Sustainable Forestry Initiative State Implementation Committee. More information is here: https://www.ncforestry.org/prologger.
