WV State Fair Sign Up Today
Volunteers are needed to assist in the West Virginia State Fair WVFA Booth Please sign up today. All volunteers are provide tickets that can picked up at the WestRock Log Yard Office in Lewisburg or by contacting Eric Carlson at eric@wvfa.org The current sheet for...
Monongahela National Forest Upper Cheat River
Written comments should be submitted to the Responsible Official: Jon Morgan, District Ranger, Cheat-Potomac Ranger District, 2499 North Fork Highway, Petersburg, WV 26847; or fax to 304-257-2482. Comments can be hand-delivered to the Petersburg office from: 8:00 am...
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...
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...
COVID-19 Resources for Loggers
Pertinent Resources SBA & General Website CARES Act Interim Final Rule Paycheck Protection Program Fact Sheet COVID-19 Legal Update Farm Credit East - Recorded Webinar covering Tax and Payroll Provisions of the FFCRA & CARES ActShort Video from the U.S....
Tree Farm Scholarship Application Available Now!
THIS SCHOLARSHIP is intended to assist the child or grandchild of a West Virginia Tree Farmer in their pursuit of a higher education. Funding has been provided by the family of Pat Plitt, individual Tree Farmers and various fundraisers conducted by the WV Tree Farm...