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Eco Foresters outlines forest recovery work after Hurricane Helene, offers no-cost help to landowners
Summary
Eco Foresters described storm damage across Burke County, estimated timber losses, and new assistance available to private landowners, and urged planning and wildfire mitigation ahead of next fire season.
Lang Hornthal, executive director of Eco Foresters, told the Burke County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 6 that private forests in western North Carolina suffered widespread damage during Hurricane Helene and that his nonprofit is offering assessments, crews and technical assistance to affected landowners at no charge.
“Almost 46,000 total acres were damaged in Burke County,” Hornthal said, citing the North Carolina Forest Service assessment conducted after the storm. He said preliminary estimates put timber-value losses in Burke County at “over $10,000,000.”
Hornthal said the nonprofit received funding from the Community Foundation of Western North…
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