Virginia Forest Landowner Update - Current Issue

Volume 26 No. 1 Winter 2012

• An Update on Agroforestry

  • USDA Agroforestry Strategic Framework Fiscal Year 2011-2016
  • Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Program
  • Edible and Woody Floral Agroforestry Riparian Buffers
  • USDA National Agroforestry Center
  • The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense)

  • PLANTS Profile
  • Invasive Alient Plant Species of Virginia
  • Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems

• Events Calendar

  • On-line registration

• Silvopastures: Silvo-WHAT NOW?

• Useful Resources

  • Virginia Loves Trees
  • 2011 State of the Forest
  • Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping
  • North Carolina's Forest Stewardship Newsletter

Volume 25 No. 4 Fall 2011

• Wildflower of the Year
  • Virginia Native Plant Society
  • White Oak Fact Sheet
• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Red Imported Fire Ant
  • Red Imported Fire Ant (RIFA)
  • USDA Red Imported Fire Ant
• Calendar of Events
  • Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tours
    • October 13: Pittsylvania County
    • October 21: Spotsylvania County
    • October 25: Sussex County
    • October 28: Washington County
• Useful Resources and Updates
  • VDOF Consulting Forester List
  • Society of American Foresters
  • Association of Consulting Foresters of America
  • Assessing Hurricane Damaged Trees and Deciding What to Do
  • National Timber Tax website
  • Thousand Cankers Disease Update
  • Virginia is for Lovers

Volume 25 No. 3 Summer 2011

• Useful Resources: Be Wise About Wildfire
  • USDA Forest Service's Incident Information System (INCIWeb)
  • Virginia's Daily Report
  • The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  • Firewise Communities Program
  • Firewise Virginia
  • Is Your Home Fire Wise? Take the Quiz!
  • Wildfire Risk Assessment for Homeowners in the Southern United States
• Events Calendar
• Bizarro-World You Ain't From Around Here! Fall Webworm and Staghorn Sumac (two species native to the U.S. which are invasive in China)
  • Bugwood Network
  • National Invasive Species Information Center
  • 2010 Biodiversity Indicators
  • Convention on Biological Diversity
• Have You...
  • Virginia's Link to Education About Forests: On-line Learning
  • Income Tax Deduction for Timber Casualty Loss

Volume 25 No. 2 Spring 2011

• How Green is Your Grill?
  • Producing and Marketing Natural Wood Lump Charcoal
• Events Calendar
• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Witchweed
  • Bugwood Network
  • The Parasitic Plant Connection
• Two Great Trees
  • Read about the Virginia Department of Forestry's American chestnut research program
• Useful Resources: Emerald Ash Borer On-line Monitoring and Management Course
  • http://www.hort.vt.edu/eab

Volume 25 No. 1 Winter 2011

• Edible and Woody Floral Agroforestry Riparian Buffers
  • USDA National Agroforestry Center
  • VT Catawba Sustainability Center
  • Association for Temperate Agroforestry
  • USDA NAC Information on Conservation Buffers
  • Riparian Buffers
• Events Calendar
• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazziamum)
  • Listen to "Return of the Giant Hogweed" by Genesis
  • Watch Genesis' video of "Return of the Giant Hogweed"
• Virginia's Quail Action Plan: Helping Landowners Restore Northern Bobwhite Quail Habitat
  • DGIF Quail Habitat Publications
• Useful Resources
  • National Timber Tax Website
  • Producing and Marketing Natural "Lump" Charcoal
  • VDGIF Wildlife Mapping
  • Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests

Volume 24 No. 4 Fall 2010

• Planning for Your Forest's Future
  • Goal Setting Worksheet (example)
  • Forest Stewardship Plan Template
    • More information on Forest Stewardship
  • Tree Farm Plan Template
    • More information on Tree Farm
  • Conservation Activity Plans
    • More information on Conservation Activity Plans
• Events Calendar
• Thousand Cankers Disease: A Red Alert for Walnut
• Elk Restoration Update
  • View and comment on the amendment
• New Benefits for Virginia's 375,000 Forest Landowners
• Useful Resources
  • College of Natural Resources and Environment
  • 2010-2011 Hunting and Trapping in Virginia
  • Habitat at Home DVD

Volume 24 No. 3 Summer 2010

• Non Timber Forest Products

• Events Calendar

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Non-native Wisterias

• The Return of the Wapati?

  • VDGIF's Draft Elk Operational Plan

• Useful Resources

• Exotic Invasive Resources

Volume 24 No. 2 Spring 2010

• Tomorrow Woods Program Part II: Forest Management and Afforestation Assistance

• Events Calendar

• Adding a Pine Component to Your Property

• Family Forests, Communication and Land-Transfer to Generation NEXT

• News

Volume 24 No. 1 Winter 2010

• Virginia's Big Woodland Transfer
• Calendar of Events
• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Asian Ladybeetle
• Tomorrow Woods Program Part 1: Land Conservation
• Establishing a Riparian Forest Buffer on the Bluestone River
• News!

• Pond Management - What to Think About?

• Events Calendar

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: English Ivy

• Managing Between the Trees

• New River Land Trust Conservation Easement Programs

Volume 23 No. 2 Spring 2009 (prints legal size)

• Cost-share Assistance for Forest Landowners: Is it Worth it?

• Events Calendar

• Register Now for On-Line Woodland Options for Landowners

• Hybrid Poplar Research and Demonstration Areas

• The Way of the Grapevine

   

Volume 23 No. 1 Winter 2009 (prints legal size)

• Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2008 Tax Year

• Calendar of Events

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Alligatorweed

• Upcoming Programs

• Useful Resources

• Ecosystem Services Conference

Volume 22 No. 4 Fall 2008 (prints legal size)

• Income Tax Deduction for Timber Casualty Loss

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Emerald Ash Borer

• Peer to Peer Communication: One of Forestry Extension's Most Important Mechanisms

• Calendar of Events

   

Volume 22 No. 3 Summer 2008 (prints legal size)

• Forestry Equipment for the Changing Forest: Servicing Smaller Forest Parcels Effectively

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Japanese Honeysuckle

• The Bus Tours are Coming! The Bus Tours are Coming!

• New Website

• Events Calendar

 

Volume 22 No. 2 Spring 2008 (prints legal size)

• Heritage Extension in Virginia: Merging Tourism and Forestry Education in an Outdoor Setting

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Hydrilla

• The Virginia Department of Forestry's Forest Conservation Program

• Events Calendar

   

Volume 22 No. 1 Winter 2008 (prints legal size)

• Ecosystem Services: New Markets for Forest Landowners

• Events Calendar

• Wood-to-Energy in Virginia: Boon or Bane?

• An Introduction to Carbon Trading

• Mitigation Banking in Virginia

• Useful Ecosystem Services Websites

Volume 21 No. 4, Fall 2007 (prints legal size)

• Forests in the United States - How Are We Doing?

• Events Calendar

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Kudzu

• Landowners and the Forest Landcare Industry: Managing Forestland

• Important Resources

   

Volume 21 No. 3, Summer 2007 (prints legal size)

• A Practical Heating Alternative

• Events Calendar

• RC&D Council Hosts Land Conservation Programs

• You Ain't From Around Here! One Simple Way to Stop Exotic Invasives From Spreading - Don't Move Firewood!

• The Water Center's Educational and Research Projects Ripple Across the State and Beyond

 

Volume 21 No. 2, Spring 2007 (prints legal size)

• How Well Do You Know Your Trees?

• VDOF Creates GIS Tool to Increase Riparian Buffers Protection in the Lower Rappahannock Watershed

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Japanese Stiltgrass

• Income Opportunities with Botanical Herbs: Planting the Seed

• Preparing for the Next Owner Short Course - Update

 

Volume 21 No. 1, Winter 2007 (prints legal size)

• RC&D Councils Making Resource Conservation a Priority

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Hemlock Wooly Adelgid

• The Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Announces a New Short Course: Forest & Farmland Strategies

• Preparing for the Next Owner: A Satellite/Internet Short Course Series

• The Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Presents: Web-Based Woodland Options for Landowners

• Action Required!

Volume 20 No.4, Fall 2006

• New Hunting Regulations Benefit Hunters and Landowners

• Resource Review: The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Autumn-olive

• What's in Your Forest?

• Two New Faces: Virginia's RC&D Forestry Program Expands

• Action Required!

Volume 20 No. 3, Summer 2006

• Virginia Begins Master Naturalist Program Emphasizing Volunteer Training

• Action Required!

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Species of the Quarter: Gypsy Moth

• Resource Review. Forest Landowner Guide to Internet Resources: States of the Northeast

• 2006 Virginia Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year Named: John and Bernice Hoffman

• 30th Annual Fall Forestry and Wildlife Tours Schedule

Volume 20 No. 2, Spring 2006

• Planting Trees on Your Property? Choose the Best Species for the Job

• You Ain't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Tree-of-Heaven

• Useless Weed or Valuable Tool? Tree-of-Heaven in Virginia

• Introducing Three New Forestry and Natural Resource Agents

• The Blue Ridge Forest Cooperative: Capitalizing on Sustainable Forestry

• Landcare is Coming to a Forest Near You

• Editor's Note

Volume 20 No.1, Winter 2006 (prints legal size)

• Critical Habitats Workshop to be Held in New River Valley

• Introducing Two New Forestry and Natural Resource Extension Agents; Farewell to Another

• You Ain 't From Around Here! Exotic Invasive of the Quarter: Multiflora rose

• Landowners Don't Forget: Riparian Forest Buffer Protection for Waterways Tax Credit is Available

• Holiday Lake Forestry Camp Turns 60

• Landowners Benefit by Joining the Virginia Forestry Association

• A Word From the Virginia Tree Farm Committee

• Resource Review: Visual Guide to Timber Harvesting

• Attention Forest Landowners: The Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Presents: Web-Based Woodland Options for Landowners Short Course

Volume 19 No.1, Fall 2005 (prints legal size)

• New Landowner Education Program Coordinator

• SW District Agent Retires

• 4-H Virtual Forest

• How Are We Doing? An Assessment of VFLEP's Impact in Virginia

• Natural Areas Stewardship on Private Forestland

• Resource Review: Forest*A*Syst: A Tool for Forest Landowners in the Southeast

Volume 18 No. 2, Spring 2004

• Top Ten Environmental Benefits of Forestry

• Resource Review

• Woodland Management 101 - Boundary Line Maintenance

• Environmentally Friendly Homes

Volume 18 No. 1, Winter 2003-2004

• Deer Management on Private Lands

• Virginia Forest Resources Information Mapper

• Watersheds

• Virginia Geospatial Extension Program

Volume 17 No. 2, Fall 2003

• New Landowner Education Program Coordinator

• Low Impact Harvesting Demonstration on McCormick Farm

• Virginia's Seventh Forest Survey

• Making Forestry a Family Affair...Meet Don and Darlinda Gilvary

• Ton Ten Private Forestry Issues

Volume 17 No. 1, Winter 2002-2003

• Yes Virginia, "There is Forestry Practices Act"

• Resource Review: New Natural Resource Extension Publications Available from Virginia Tech

• The Fragmented Forest

• Virginia Begins New Cash for Conservation Program

• Reforestation in the Absence of Cost Share: Does it Pay?

• Director of Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Moves to TN

Volume 15 No. 3, Summer 2001

• Woodland Options Web-Based Course for Landowners

• Getting the Wood Out: Helicopter Logging in SW Virginia

• Meet Lin Koch of Fairfield, Virginia

• Resource Review: New Forest Landowner Website Now Online

Volume 15 No. 2, Spring 2001

• Five Years of the Sustainable Forestry InitiativeSM in Virginia

• Special Forest Products Review: Herbs to Consider

• Virginia's Forestry and Harvesting Education (SHARP) Logger Program

• Resource Review: New Virginia SFI Website Debuts

Volume 15 No. 1, Winter 2001

• Riparian Forest Buffer Tax Credit: Questions and Answers

• Landowner Income Opportunities Include Honey

• Resource Review: Tax Resources for Forest Landowners

• Forestry Camp Trains Students and Teachers

Volume 14 No. 4, Fall 2000

• Gypsy Moth on the Move Again

• For This Family, Forestry is a Way of Life...Meet James and Jennifer Edmunds

• Web-Based Landowner Course to be Implemented Spring 2001

• Resource Review: Who's Dr. Dendro?

• Landowner Education Program Wins Award

Volume 14 No. 3, Summer 2000

• Tax Benefits of Conservation Easements

• What do with Butterflies and Old Bottles Have to Do with Forestry?...Meet Bill and Helen Braunworth

• Virginia Riparian Forest Buffer Tax Credit Announced

• Resource Review: Legal Aspects of Owning and Managing Woodlands

• Are You Receiving More than One Update?

Volume 14 No. 2, Spring 2000

• Riparian Forest Buffers Provide Unique Environments

• New Cost Share Program Provides Major Incentives for Water Quality Improvement

• Trust Teams with Landowners for Water Quality Improvements in Southwest Virginia

• Virginia's Forest Buffer Program

Volume 14 No. 1, Winter 2000

• Conservation Easements II: Effective Tool for Open Space Conservation

• Making Sense of the Chip Mill Issue

• Virginia's Burning Law

Volume 13 No. 3, Summer 1999

• Private Forestry Associations Offer Many Benefits to Forest Landowners

• Regenerating Your Forest - Naturally

• Cost Share Update

• Understanding Forest Certification: Handbook and Workshop Offered to Landowners and Resource Managers

Volume 13 No. 2, Spring 1999

• Special Forest Products: Part II

• Hemlock Wooly Adelgid: A Major Threat to Eastern Hemlocks

• The Aliens are Among Us...

Volume 13 No. 1, Winter 1999

• Special Forest Products: Identifying Opportunities for Sustainable Forest-Based Development. Part I

• Virginia's Finest...Loggers!

• Karst Resource Protection and Forest Management

• Cost-Share Program Update

• Virginia's Burning Law (Feb. 15 - April 30)

Volume 12 No. 3, Summer 1998

• Certified Prescribed Burn Managers: Control the Fire and Manage the Smoke

• Class Will Teach Resource Professionals How to Design and Maintain Riparian Buffers

• Selection versus Selective Cutting: Do You Know the Difference?

Volume 12 No. 2, Spring 1998

• Forest Health versus Forest Change in Virginia: A Primer

• Increase Quail Numbers through Native Warm Season Grasses

• Students Statewide Preparing for Envirothon Competition

Volume 12 No. 1, Winter 1998

• Virginia's Best Kept Secret: The Virginia Forestry Association. A Special Invitation to Forest Landowners