Concentrating on Forestry Best Management Practices related to water quality, Mountain Island Educational State Forest is located on an important conservation easement. Mountain Island Lake, from which the forest takes its name, provides water for one out of every twelve residents of North Carolina.

Currently under construction, MIESF will open for general public access in the near future.

• Duke Power Company
• Public Service North Carolina
• Trust for Public Land
• Clean Water Management Trust Fund of North Carolina
• Lincoln County Parks & Recreation
• Gaston County Parks & Recreation
• North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commision
• Lincoln County Natural Resources
• Quail Unlimited, Rowan County Chapter
• Catawba Lands Conservancy
• Gaston County Natural Resources
• Gaston County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Lincoln Sportsmans Club
  

• Location map

• Clemmons (Johnston County)
• Jordan Lake (Chatham County)
• Holmes (Henderson County)
• Rendezvous Mountain (Wilkes County)
• Turnbull Creek (Bladen County)
• Tuttle (Caldwell County)

• North Carolina Division of Forest Resources