Sustainable Forestry in South Carolina

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South Carolina Forestry Commission
5500 Broad River Road
Columbia, SC 29212
Phone: 803-896-8800
Fax: 803-798-8097

The mission of the South Carolina Forestry Commission is to protect, promote, enhance, and nurture the forest lands of South Carolina in a manner consistent with achieving the greatest good for its citizens.

university resources

Clemson University, Department of Forest Resources
261 Lehotsky Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-0331
Phone: 864-656-4829
Fax: 864-656-3304

Forest Resources is one of three academic departments within the School of Natural Resources. The department has approximately 250 undergraduate and 60 graduate students in forest resource management, forest products, and urban forestry programs.


Clemson University, Extension Forest Resources
272A Lehotsky Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-0331
Phone: 864-656-4866
Fax: 864-656-3304

Clemson University's Extension Forest Resources provides workshops, publications, and advice on many topics related to forestry in South Carolina.

organizations

Appalachian Society of American Foresters, South Carolina Division

North Carolina chapter of the SAF, whose mission is to advance the science, education, technology, and practice of forestry; ... and, to use the knowledge, skills, and conservation ethic of the profession to ensure the continued health and use of forest ecosystems and the present and future availability of forest resources to benefit society.


South Carolina Forestry Association
4901 Broad River Road
PO Box 21303
Columbia, SC 29221-1303
Phone: 803-798-4170
Fax 803-798-2340

The South Carolina Forestry Association's vision is one of sustainable forests, managed to meet our nation's needs without sacrificing the birthright of future generations -- clean air and water, abundant wildlife, and renewable resources for recreation and the wood products upon which our future society will depend.


Southern Forest Based Economic Development Council
South Carolina Forestry Commission
Hugh Ryan, State Forester
P.O. Box 21707
Columbia, SC 29221
Phone: 803-896-8800
Fax: 803-798-8097

The council acts as an information source for landowners, forest industry, economic developers and other forest interests. Private landowners...can be informed about environmentally responsible management to ensure that their forests will provide benefits for future generations... As the market expands, we must assure that the abundant natural resource values, such as wildlife and clean water, are maintained.

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