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West Virginia Legislature Axes State Parks Logging Bill

A commercial logging bill left “in limbo” has been declared dead for the session. Senate Bill 270, which would have allowed commercial logging in state parks to pay for park maintenance, was left in the Senate’s Natural Resources Committee about three weeks ago, when...

West Virginia Division Of Forestry Move Could Restore Jobs

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...

West Virginia Loggers Hope For Reprieve In Special Session

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...