Teaching Responsibilities

• Educating private forest landowners in sustainable forest management in order to meet their
  individual goals.
• Educating the public in the importance of forestry, forestland, and the urban forest.
• Educating the youth in the importance of forestry, forestland, and related natural resources.

Selected Extension Activities

• Providing research-based answers to specific questions from the public related to forestry and trees.
• Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program
• Virginia SHARP Logger Program
• Woodland safety
• 4-H Forestry Team
• Any other areas that are identified as needs for public education related to forestry and natural resources.

Selected Publications

• Yancey, Matthew.  "Invasive Exotic Plant Species Identification and Management". Virginia Cooperative Extension.  2007.

• Copenheaver, C. A., M. W. Yancey, E. Pantaleoni, and V. R. Emrick. "Composition and tree-ring analysis of a bottomland hardwood forest in the coastal plain of Virginia". In press.

Certifications

• USDA Forest Service Qualified Cruiser
• USDA Forest Service S212 Powersaws
• VDOF Certified Prescribed Burn Manager
• Demonstration and Research Pesticide Applicator
• Tree Farm Inspector to certifications

Membership in Professional Organizations

• Society of American Foresters
• Virginia Forestry Association