PRIVATE FORESTS
Virginia Forest Watch supports creating conditions on private land
that benefit biodiversity and wildlife mobility, as well
as safeguard water quality and riparian and old-growth
forests. VAFW's goals on private land are to educate
landowners in methods of forest conservation and
sustainable/restorative forestry, to advocate for better
regulation of forestry by the state, and to teach
Virginia's conservation community about the importance of
forest protection state-wide.
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A Virginia Landowner's Guide
to Sustainable Forest Management -
A new website created by VAFW, dedicated to promoting sustainable foresty on private lands in Virginia is up and running. You'll find news and events relating to forest management, links to helpful sites, and a forum where landowners, forestry professionals, and conservation minded people can exchange ideas.
Visit us at www.forestlandownerva.com
Logger
Information List - This list is intended to give landowners
background information of loggers, but says nothing about the
type of forestry that they practice. A good forester will design
a timber harvest to do three things: (1) make money for the
landowner, (2) improve the health of the forest, and (3) protect
environmental values.
Logger Notification List
- This
is a list provided to us by the Virginia Department of Forestry
of the loggers that notify them via their "logger
notification hot line" with information on jobs that they
are about to begin or have just begun.
Private
Logging Jobs - A
list of logging jobs that have violated Water Quality Laws in
your area.
Neighborhood
Forest Watch - Please
Let Us Know About Logging Jobs!
Managing
your Woodlands - FREE from Appalachian
Voices. The second edition of “Managing Your
Woodlands: A Guide for Southern Appalachian Landowners”
with companion DVD “Landowner’s Guide to
Sustainable Forestry: Maximizing Profits While Protecting Water
Quality”.
Chip Mills - Information
on chip mills, which are highly-mechanized facilities that can
rapidly pulverize woodlands into pulp for pressed fiberboard and
paper.
