WVFA Awards – Nomination Form
Nominations Open for the 2022 West Virginia Outstanding Logger Award
Nominations Period Open 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...
2022 Mid-Atlantic Logger Training Webinar Series
Join us for the 2022 season with expert presenters providing relevant and important information that you can use to improve your harvesting operations. Earn continuing education credits required for your certified logger renewal. This series is organized by the WVFA,...
Sustainable Forestry Initiative- Upcoming Logger Training Sessions
Timber harvesting operations in West Virginia must have at least one WV DOF Certified Logger on the site anytime the operation is active. Initial certification is good for a two year period that starts on the first day of July. Recertification is required after...
AB Brooks Symposium 2022
The 36th Annual AB Brooks Memorial Forestry Symposium will be held on February 1, 2022 - in Charleston, WV. Registration Details Registration (includes all meals): $130 for Members / $145 for Non-members Late Registration (only break): $50 for Members /...
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...
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...
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...
WV Logger Certification UPDATE
Updated 27 May 2020 Temporary logger certifications are valid through June 2021, but it is not too early to start thinking about starting to collect your required training courses for your next application. UPDATE 1 The West Virginia Division of Forestry will accept...