The West Virginia Forestry Association is a non-profit organization funded by its membership
Our members include individuals and businesses involved in forest management, timber production, firewood production, harvesting, and wood product manufacturing. Our members are concerned with protecting the environment, as well as enhancing the future of West Virginia’s forests through multiple-use management. Watch below a video introduction to WVFA and the industry that we proudly represent.
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Monongahela National Forest Upper Elk
The Upper Elk Project is located on the Marlinton-White Sulphur Ranger District in Pocahontas, Randolph, and Webster counties and is centered around the community of Slatyfork, West Virginia. The project area is approximately 41,026 acres with 33,328 acres (81...
Nominations open for the 2021 West Virginia Outstanding Logger Award
Nominations TBD for the 2022 West Virginia Outstanding Logger Award The WVFA “WV Outstanding Logger” award program is designed to recognize outstanding independent logging contractor performance. Through the recognition of competent professional logging contractors...
Online Logger Recertification Course
Every two years, loggers around the state get the opportunity to refresh their knowledge on WV Laws and Silvicultural Best Management Practices at one of the WV Division of Forestry’s in-person training sessions. Typically, this means finding a session that does not...
AB Brooks Symposium
The 35th Annual AB Brooks Memorial Forestry Symposium will be held on March 1 from 8:30 am to 12:15 pm as a Virtual meeting using Zoom interactive meeting technology. Registrants will receive an invitation to the program once they’ve provided their registration fee....
Log a Load
Twenty-fourth Annual Ted Harriman Memorial Log-a-Load for Kids Log AuctionThe Mountain Loggers Group, Inc., made a donation of more than $84,000 toward its $500,000 pledge to name the cafeteria in the new WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital. Representatives from the...
WV Logger of the Year 2020
WVFA President Curt Hassler presents Logger of the Year award to Chad Nicholson and his familyDon Marsh, Stihl, Presents chainsaw to Nicholson Logging LLCBeckman Trucking LLC - WV Logger of the Year FinalistMichael Moran, Weyerhaeuser and William Bess Jr., Rock Ledge...
