REGISTRATION IS OPEN:
2026 Forest Landowner Conference
October 21-22, 2026
Event Center, Rocky Mount NC
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You also can register for the 2026 conference using this QR code.
The 2025 Forest Landowner Conference
To those who sponsored, attended, exhibited and/or presented at the 2025 Forest Landowner Conference, THANK YOU!!!!! We had scores of landowners in attendance, and nearly 200 attendees total.
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2025 Forest Landowner Conference Program
Conference Presentations
The 2024 Forest Landowner Conference
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2024 Forest Landowner Conference program (PDF)
Conference Presentations
Succession Planning for Landowners
Preparation to Meet Estate Planning Attorney
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service programs
Conference Videos
Landowner Katherine Carter and son Daud Carter
Landowner Phyllis Harrison and daughter Precious Caravello
Landowner Chaz Henderson
Landowner Kenneth Kearney
Ella Steplight Johnson
Mary Steplight
Stephanie Steplight Johnson
The 2023 Forest Landowner Conference
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Forest Landowner Conference Program
Conference Presentations
- Estate Planning_Heirs Property (PPTX)
- Farm Succession Planning (PPTX)
- Keeping the Land Worksheets (DOCX)
- Private Lands Conservation (PPTX)
- Insurance on Forestland (PPTX
- Nature4Justice Program Strategy (PPTX)
- Forest Stewardship Program (PPTX)
- NRCS Conservation Programs (PPTX)
What pleases you the most when you think about the SFLRP program and its first 10 years?
What do you see as one or two of the biggest challenges still facing the SFLRP program?
What would you like others to know about your journey with your forestland and/or farmland?
What can you tell us about your interactions with the SFLRP team as part of your journey?
What does your organization’s active support of the SFLRP program tell us about your organization in 2023?
Scenes from the Conference
The 2022 Forest Landowner Conference
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Conference Presentations
- Carbon Farm Planning Pilot
- Farmer Inclusion Initiative
- Integrating American Sycamore Trees into Agricultural Systems
- NC Forest Service
- NC USDA-NRCS Programs
- Princeville Collaboration Model
- Skills and Tips for Family Negotiation
- Succession Planning
- USDA Farm Service Agency
Interviews with Conference Participants
James Lee
Bertie County Forest Owner
Jessie Moore
Hertford County Forest Owner
Rev. Joseph Battle
Halifax County Forest Owner
Sam Cook
Executive Director of Forest Assets
Tara Dickson
NC Division Chair, Society of American Foresters
Tinece Payne
“Earth Feather Ptah”