Nov 7, 2018 | News, News/PR
All of the state forests in Virginia are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and American Tree Farm System standards. The Virginia Department of Forestry says that covers more than 68,000 acres across the Commonwealth. The state forest system gets no...
Jul 18, 2018 | News, News/PR
Virginia set a new record for the volume of timber harvested with slight increases in both hardwood and softwood volume compared to the previous year, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry’s analysis of the Virginia Forest Products Tax receipts from Fiscal...
Jul 11, 2018 | News, News/PR
Mountain Top Timber Products will invest $3.76 million in a long-abandoned industrial building in Dungannon to expand the company’s woodchipping operations and add a sawmill and dry kiln capacity. Over the next three years, the company expects to create 50 jobs and...
Nov 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced two planning grants have been awarded from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund. The Commonwealth awarded a total of $40,947 to projects by Fauquier & Loudoun Counties and Clarke County to...
May 19, 2017 | News, News/PR
Governor Terry McAuliffe recently announced new export opportunities for Virginia lumber products following his recent trade and marketing mission to Mexico. Lumber sale agreements were reached between Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., which has a location in Buena Vista,...