Virginia Forest Landowner Update
Spring is a great time to walk your property and check your boundary lines. You should also be completing any tree planting projects you have. When you need a break, take some time to read the spring edition of the Virginia Forest Landowner Update...
Spring is a great time to walk your property and check your boundary lines. You should also be completing any tree planting projects you have. When you need a break, take some time to read the spring edition of the Virginia Forest Landowner Update.
Visit http://www.cnr.vt.edu/forestupdate/Pages/newsletter.html
Highlights from the Newsletter:
· Tomorrow Woods Program Part 2: Forest Management and Afforestation Assistance
By: Scott Bachman, Virginia Department of Forestry
Landowners in the City of Suffolk and the Counties of Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, Southampton, and Isle of Wight have a unique opportunity to implement forest management on their lands. The Tomorrow Woods program can help you reach your forest management goals in a shorter period of time than traditionally expected.
· Adding a Pine Component to Your Property
By: Matt Yancey, Virginia Cooperative Extension
Forest landowners in Virginia have a variety of options and opportunities for managing their land. Many landowners take a hands-off approach and allow hardwoods to grow naturally. Some favor the other extreme and practice highly intensive silviculture, growing pines with frequent thinnings, fertilizer and herbicide treatments. Other landowners choose a path somewhere in the middle, with some active hardwood management, and some acreage devoted to pine management.
· Family Forests, Communication and Land Transfer to Generation NEXT
By: Peter Callan, Virginia Cooperative Extension
Adam Downing, Virginia Cooperative Extension
Millions of acres of family owned forest land will change hands in the next ten years. Seven million acres of forestland in Virginia alone (70% of the total) are owned by individuals 55 years or older. Twenty-seven percent of Virginia’s forest landowners are individuals 65 years or older. Many of these folks intend to pass their land on to younger generations.
