§ 143A‑65.1.  North Carolina Forest Service.

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall have charge of the work of forest maintenance, forest fire prevention, reforestation, and the protection of lands and water supplies by the preservation of forests; it shall also have the care of State forests and State recreational forests. (2011‑145, s. 13.25(c); 2013‑155, s. 23.)