is a nonprofit organization under Section 501c(6) of the United States Internal Revenue Code and was incorporated in NC in 1980 under
Chapter 55A
(Nonprofit Corporation Act)
of the General Statutes of North Carolina.
HISTORY
The organization was created in 1975 by a group of approx. 25 Southern Appalachian business people in the forest products industry of Western North Carolina. These individuals recognized the need for an organization to promote the wise stewardship of the region's forestlands to balance the increasing demands on them. Today, the organization still maintains a strong forest products industry membership along with many other companies, organizations and individuals who share the vision of forestland stewardship.
