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Heport to County Commissioners Cabar~u~s County Page - 2 - PRC~Rf~S A. F_~re Control The Cabarrus County ?~mgar had a total of /+5 fires which burned 6t acres during 1979. The major cause of these fires ~ae smoking and debris b~rning. The smell number of acres burned is due to the firemen of Caberrus County and their skill and determination to do a good Job. Rural C~mm,zuity Fire Protection Funds are sometimes avs~]able through the federal government. These funds are administered by the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. Northeast VFD has received assistance under this program. B. Pe~t The Southern Pine Beetle has again infested pine stsnds throughout the County. The County ft~mger m~He a sllrvey flight on July 9, 1980, and detected 223 spots of infestation. The hardest hit area is south of Highway 49, but ether areas are also infested. Most of the spots are Shortleaf pine stands. Control of these areas is very importaut to forest laudo~aers. Help is needed for this work. During 1979-80, many requests for shade tree ex~mtuations were serviced. The insect or disease was identified amd a method of control was recommended. Co FQ~e~t Management This is the area where an ~-ssistamt County Ranger is needed most. '~ing ~iscs! year 1979-80, 49 timber examinations were made on 1,980 acres. Two hundred seventy-one acres of timber were marked for thinning, 305 acres were thinned, ~.~bh approximately 2,506 cords cut and sold to Catawba Timhar Compm~y. This brought about .~87,710 to landowners and pulpwood cutters from the sale of pulpwood. For sawtimber, 1,750,000 board feet were cut from 285 acres. This brought approximately ~124,940 to landowners from the sale of sawtimber. One hundred seventeen acres of land were prepared for planting and lf~l acres were planted in Loblolly pines. L. andowners in the County now have three programs available which will pay up to 60 percent of the cost of land preparation and tree planting. Two are federally funded and one comes from State funds. Federul programs are: 1. Forestry Incentives Program - Seven landowners applied for cost-sharing sssistance under this program for a total of 105 acres this past year. All landowners received the assistance and the work ~ae c~mpleted.