Aug 1, 2012 | News, News/PR
Most people would be fortunate enough to have a tree planted and named in their honor. Billy Apperson recently had a whole forest of rare trees named after him. Apperson, a York County resident and long-time James City Bruton Volunteer Firefighter, recently retired...
Jul 18, 2012 | News, News/PR
An invasive wood-boring beetle has spread to more than a dozen counties in Virginia, threatening millions of ash trees, state forestry officials said last week. The emerald ash borer, a native of Asia first detected in the U.S. 10 years ago, has now spread to the...
Apr 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
A new tool is available for free to anyone with a computer and Internet access who is interested in learning about the effects of changing land use on a particular tract of forest or farm land in Virginia. The free software program, called InFOREST, was developed by...
Apr 13, 2012 | News, News/PR
Five large wildfires and many more small ones are burning more than 7,000 acres across the Commonwealth today. While the bulk of the large fires are on U.S. Forest Service land, the Virginia Department of Forestry, USFS, National Park Service along with numerous...