Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project Empowers Landowners

Sustainable forestry and land retention are closely linked, especially in the fiber baskets across the southeastern United States where Domtar buys wood from small landowners.

Our company has supported efforts across the region to educate and advocate for land retention among families. This includes the Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project in Eastern North Carolina.

The focus of the program is to empower landowners to retain their land, generate income and maintain healthy and productive forests.

Alton Perry has led this work since 2013, following his retirement from the North Carolina Forest Service. He has reached out to landowners to connect them to educational resources, legal services and timber industry professionals.

“Our success is seen in continued partnerships where landowners are empowered to participate in forest management and other conservation activities, as well as policy and advocacy for forestry,” says Perry. “Our success is also seen in landowners realizing multiple economic streams from their property, such as reduced property taxes, hunting leases, agri-tourism or niche agriculture markets.”
more at: https://newsroom.domtar.com/forestry-land-retention-project/