Tag: Forestry
Every Tie Has a Home
In the last article I provided some basic information on types of ties, lifecycles, and how many ties are used annually. This article is...
Spotted Lanternfly: Another Excuse to Remove Tree-of-Heaven!
If you are spending time in West Virginia’s northern and eastern panhandles during the summer of 2024 there is a high chance that you...
Biodiversity in West Virginia Fiber Sourcing
The West Virginia Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)—State Implementation Committee (SIC) has worked for the past six months to develop a Biodiversity document and procedure...
Project Learning Tree: Still Essential After 45 Years!
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is one of West Virginia’s premier environmental education sources. Since 1979, when PLT was first introduced to the state’s educators...
Want to Learn More About Your Woodlands? Join the West Virginia...
Owning wooded property is a great joy to many landowners in West Virginia. Landowners with wooded properties can watch wildlife, commune with nature, and...
Economic Contribution of WV’s Forest Products Industry: The 2022 Update
West Virginia is the third most heavily forested region in the nation covering over 12 million acres or 79% of the state’s land area....
WEIGHT SCALING VERSUS STICK SCALINGPEELERS VERSUS SAWLOGS IN YELLOW-POPLAR
INTRODUCTIONYellow-poplar has a unique role in Appalachian region procurement activities, especially in areas with relatively close proximity to mills that rely heavily on yellow-poplar...
Crossties—A primer… Part 1
In the last two issues of this magazine, Curt Hassler did an excellent job of showing the economics of choosing to cut crossties over...
Reforestation—A New Carbon Opportunity for West Virginia’s Landowners
These days, it seems the whole state is talking about carbon. From the small family woodlots to the large timber companies, to the mills...
Tethered Logging Demo
How do you get three competing equipment manufacturers to work on the same slope, cut the same timber, and share equipment? Well that is...
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