Maintaining Your Certification

Tree Farmers should review their management plan annually and make updates as needed to ensure that it reflects current conditions. Be sure to maintain records of your management activities or any natural occurrences that impact your woods. The ATFS Management Plan Addendum is a tool designed to help update your management plan, reflect on your stewardship objectives, assess the current condition and health of your woods and ensure that your management plan meets the 2021 Standards of Sustainability. Learn about Maintaining Records of Forest Management Activities.

 The N.C. Tree Farm Program requires its certified Tree Farms to be re-inspected every five years.