N.C. Forest Service Contacts

County Offices

Your N.C. Forest Service county ranger is the key contact for programs and services we offer in your county. Would you like to have a forest management plan prepared for your property? Want to know if your timber is ready to harvest? Have a forest insect or disease problem? Want to know more about the Forest Stewardship Program or just want to know more about forestry in your county? Contact your county ranger to get started. Simply select your county from the list below.

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Regional and District Offices

The N.C. Forest Service has three regional offices and 13 district offices located throughout the state. The employees at these offices provide supervision and staff support to your NCFS county ranger. If you would like to contact one of these offices, please look at the list below to determine which office serves your area. You can also access regional and district office contact information by selecting your county in the map above.

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The NCFS Region One office is located in Kinston and provides support for four N.C. Forest Service districts.

  • District 4: serving Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico and Pitt counties
  • District 7: serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Martin, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties
  • District 8: serving Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover and Pender counties
  • District 13: serving Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell and Washington counties

The NCFS Region Two office is located in Chapel Hill and provides support for five N.C. Forest Service districts.

  • District 3: serving Anson, Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland and Stanly counties
  • District 5: serving Edgecombe, Franklin, Greene, Halifax, Nash, Northampton, Wayne, Warren and Wilson counties
  • District 6: serving Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Robeson and Sampson counties
  • District 10: serving Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph, Rockingham, Rowan, Stokes, Surry and Yadkin counties
  • District 11: serving Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Vance and Wake counties

The NCFS Region Three office is located in Chapel Hill and provides support for four N.C. Forest Service districts.

  • District 1: serving Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Transylvania and Yancey counties
  • District 2: serving Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Watauga and Wilkes counties
  • District 9: serving Cherokee, Clay, Graham. Haywood, Jackson, Macon and Swain counties
  • District 12: serving Cabarrus, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rutherford and Union counties

State Headquarters

Have a question about how we are organized or a specific program area? Couldn't find the answer on our web site? Contact our staff in the Raleigh office (919-857-4801). 

Please direct media inquiries to N.C. Forest Service Public Information Officer Philip Jackson at 919-857-4828. Additional personnel assigned to the central office are stationed at Griffiths Forestry Center in Clayton (919-553-6178).

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State Forests

The agency manages and operates several forests throughout the state. Seven are designated as educational state forests (ESFs) and offer a variety of learning opportunities for children and adults.

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4470 Hwy 242 N
Elizabethtown, NC 28337

Phone: 910-588-4964
Email: bladenlakessf.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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2411 Old US 70 West
Clayton, NC 27520

Phone: 919-553-5651
Email: clemmonsesf.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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Mailing address:
PO Box 300
Cedar Mountain, NC 28718-0300

Physical address:
89 Buck Forest Road
Cedar Mountain, NC 28718

Phone: 828-877-6527
Email: dupontsf.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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NCFS Region 3 Office
14 Gaston Mountain Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Phone: 828-665-8688
Email: headwaterssf.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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1299 Crab Creek Road
Hendersonville, NC 28739

Phone: 828-692-0100
Email: holmesESF.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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2832 Bigwoods Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Phone: 919-542-1154
Email: JordanLakeESF.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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534 Killian Road
Stanley, NC 28164

Phone: 704-822-9518
Email: mountainislandESF.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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3420 Playmore Beach Road
Lenoir, NC 28645

Phone: 828-757-5608
Email: tuttleESF.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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4803 Sweet Home Church Road
Elizabethtown, NC 28337

Phone: 910-588-4161
Email: turnbullcreekESF.ncfs@ncagr.gov

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Tree Nurseries

The agency manages and operates a container nursery in Goldsboro. Seedlings are available for sale to nonindustrial private landowners, corporate landowners, as well as state and federal agencies. Linville River Nursery produces Fraser fir seedlings for the Christmas tree industry as well as eastern white pine and other montane conifer species for use in western North Carolina. Seedlings can also be ordered in the online seedling store.

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Nursery Supervisor Bobby Smith
762 Claridge Nursery Road
Goldsboro, NC 27530

Phone: 919-731-7988

Nursery Supervisor Anna Hollifield
6321 Linville Falls Highway
Newland, NC 28657-9048

Phone: 828-733-5236

Training Facilities

The agency manages and operates three training facilities; the Mountain Training Facility in Crossnore, the Stan Adams Training Facility in Chatham County and the Ralph Winkworth Forestry Center in Kinston. Two locations offer overnight accommodations, dining services and classroom environments with internet access and multimedia capabilities. The campuses are available for use by state agencies and other institutions or organizations at reasonable rates. For more information about reserving facility space, please contact the facility managers listed below.

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Facility Supervisor Chasity Webb
PO Box 277 (6065 Linville Falls Highway)
Crossnore, NC 28616-0277

Phone: 828-733-4242

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Regional Forester Tommy Sports
2958 Rouse Road Extension
Kinston, NC 28504-7320

Phone: 252-520-2402, extension 222

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Region II Clerk 
2832 Big Woods Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27517

Phone: 919-542-1515

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Young Offenders Forest Conservation Program (BRIDGE)

The N.C. Forest Service and the N.C. Department of of Adult Correction collaborate on the Young Offenders Forest Conservation Program (BRIDGE) to utilize and train the available offender population. The program has proven itself to be a success in supplying trained firefighters, rehabilitating offenders and saving North Carolina taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. BRIDGE stands for Building, Rehabilitating, Instructing, Developing, Growing and Employing.

Contact Information:

BRIDGE Director Ken Burns
2161-B Mount Home Church Road
Morganton, NC 28655-9479

Phone: 828-544-6600

 

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