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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NC Forest Service Natural Assets" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. January 23, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ↑ "DuPont State Recreational Forest Fiscal Year 2014 Legislative Report" (PDF). North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. October 1, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
- ↑ "Gill State Forest Water Resources Restoration Master Plan" (HTML). North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. March 3, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Headwaters State Forest" (HTML). North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- 1 2 3 Hubbard, Jule (July 10, 2022). "Matheson named Rendezvous superintendent". North Wilkesboro: Wilkes Journal-Patriot. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.