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A Forester Can Provide a Clear View of Your Forest, Part 2

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Tour harvested sites in Appalachian hardwood forests. Bill shows you how these forests naturally regenerate following a harvest.
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Virginia's Big Tree Program
Featuring Riley Musick, whose Bitternut Hickory submitted to the Russell County 4-H Big Tree Contest was just named a new Virignia State Champion.
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A fifty minute pre-recorded webinar that covers the basics of selling your timber. Presented by Virginia Cooperative Extension foresters Adam Downing and Bill Worrell, and Jennifer Gagnon, Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program Coordinator.
 
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Walk through the woods to look at red maples tapped for sap collection and then to a sugar shack to see how the sap is processed into syrup.
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Join Bill for an exclusive tour of Speyside's SW Virginia stave and cooperage mills and watch a white oak log become a bourbon barrel. Also learn from Virginia Cooperative Extension's Brian Bond the reason why white oak is THE oak for barrel production.
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Learn about the biology and habitat of the green salamander.
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Visit with Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation's Kevin Hamed and his lab team to learn about their on-going research project looking for the pinesnake in Virginia.
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Visit with Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ Jackie Rosenberger and Seth Thompson to learn about the on-going efforts of Elk restoration in the Virginia Coalfields and the plans for Elk hunting in Virginia.
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Learn about the Christmas tree and greenery industry in Southwest Virginia. See how white pine roping and holiday wreaths are made.
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VCE's Bill Worrell visits with Dr. Wally Smith and Dr. Melanie Carter to learn about the Eastern Hellbenders in the streams and rivers of the Appalachian mountains.
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Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation's Kevin Hamed teaches us about the on-going research project looking for Mountain Chorus Frogs in Virginia.
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Visit Mullican Flooring's Jim Myers and Kyle Evans to learn about hardwood flooring manufacturing, both solid wood and engineered wood flooring.
Highlights from the 2022 Fall Forestry and Wildlife Field Tour.
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VCE's Bill Worrell visits with Virginia Tech's Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation's John Seiler to learn all about fall leaf color.
The College of Natural Resources and Environment's Fall Forestry and Wildlife Field Tour - Bland County 2023
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VCE's Bill Worrell visits with Virginia Tech's Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation's Kevin Hamed and Austin Holloway to learn about their on-going research project on the Least Weasel.
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Dr. Wally Smith with the University of Virginia at Wise shares research observations from vernal pools and talks about the animals they find using this habitat.
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Learn how important riparian buffers are in protecting aquatic habitat for the Eastern Hellbender in the streams and rivers of the Appalachian Mountains.
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DOF Foresters share how they can help you manage the forest.

 

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Learn how a professional consulting forester can help you with your forest.

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