April
Wednesday Virtual Woods Walk – Selling Your Timber
- April 15
- 12:00 & 7:00 p.m.
- On-line (Zoom)
- Free
In this 45-minute webinar, foresters with Virginia Cooperative Extension will cover the basics of timber sales, including:
- How to Sell Timber
- Forest Management
- Avoiding Timber Theft
No pre-registration is required. The sessions will be recorded and made available later.
Contact Jennnifer Gagnon, 540-231-6391, jgagnon@vt.edu, for more information.
Fifteen Minutes in the Forest – Early Spring Bloomers
- April 24
- 12:00 – 12:15
- Zoom
- Free
Join VFLEP’s Jennnifer Gagnon on an oudoor walk to look at some of the early spring bloomers on her farm in Montgomery County. Join via Zoom.
Contact Jennifer Gagnon, 540-231-6391, jgagnon@vt.edu, for more information.
Longleaf Pine Landowner Field Day
- This event has been postponed. Stay tuned for new date.
- April 24
- 8:30 – 3:30
- $15 – includes lunch
- Airfield 4-H Educational Center, Wakefield
Join forest landowners and natural resource professionals from Virginia and North Carolina to learn about growing longleaf pine on your land.
Topics include:
- History of longleaf pine in Virginia and North Carolina
- Longleaf pine and prescribed fire
- Site, seedlings, and seedling establishment
- Longleaf pine and fire
- Managing established longleaf pine
- Wildlife benefits
- Technical and financial assistance for landowners
Contact Jennifer Gagnon, jgagnon@vt.edu, for more information.
May
Fifteen Minutes in the Forest: Shiitake Growing Demonstration
- May 1
- 12 – 12:15 p.m.
- Zoom
- Free
Join VCE’s Adam Downing and VDOF’s Charlie Becker for a virtual demonstration on innoculating logs for shiitake mushroom production. Join via Zoom.
Contact Adam Downing, adowning@vt.edu, 540-948-6881, for more information.
Fifteen Minutes in the Forest: Crop Tree Release
- May 8
- 12 – 12:15 p.m.
- Zoom
- Free
Join VCE’s Jason Fisher on his farm in Halifax County to learn about using crop tree release to improve the health and productivity of your woodlands. Join via Zoom.
Contact Jason Fisher, jasonf@vt.edu, 434-476-2147, for more information.
