The 2001 rule was enacted to protect endangered species and national forest watersheds used for drinking water from Alaska to ...

Virginia Loggers Association led the way and was fortunate to have the full support of Virginia Farm Bureau, Virginia Forestry Association, Virginia Forest Products Association, Virginia ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Because so many of its employees have been laid off, the state Division of Forestry says it’s no longer able to perform routine regulation of West Virginia logging operations.

The Virginia Department of Forestry said a Bedford County brush fire is 80 percent contained and has impacted an estimated 120 acres, as of Thursday afternoon.

Forestry was found to be Virginia’s third largest industry, with a total economic impact of $23.6 billion and value-added impact of $11.3 billion. The forestry sector provided 108,451 jobs in 2021.

CRIMORA, Va. On a sunny fall day at the edge of Shenandoah National Park, Jake Good, a nursery technician with the Virginia Department of Forestry, was getting acorns and chestnuts into the ground.

Agricultural exports, which also include Virginia forestry products, reached $3.19 billion in 2015, a 4.7 percent decrease from last year’s all-time high of $3.35 billion.