Jan 22, 2018 | News, News/PR
A bill introduced last week that would allow commercial logging in West Virginia’s state parks as a way to pay for the park system’s backlogged maintenance work has prompted nine conservation groups to form a coalition opposing the bill’s passage. Senate Bill 270,...
Oct 11, 2017 | News, News/PR
Despite nearly one inch of rain and the efforts of 140 firefighters and a helicopter crew, a forest fire began its second week of charring the slopes of North Fork Mountain in the Monongahela National Forest in Grant County on Monday. According to a report released...
Feb 27, 2017 | News, News/PR
With support from his former state Senate colleagues, West Virginia Agriculture Commissioner Kent Leonhardt is pushing a bill that would transfer the Forestry division from the Commerce Department to the agency he oversees — a move that could restore forester jobs...
Sep 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Loggers say they want to bring state Division of Forestry inspectors back to work as soon as possible, preferably through the special session being called by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to address state flood relief funding. The governor’s office says won’t happen because...
