April 15, 2021 9:40 am
Published by Janet Muncy
By Deya Ramsden, DOF Middle James River Forest Watershed Project Coordinator A newly expanded riparian forest buffer in Nelson County is not only protecting the Rockfish River, but also enhancing wildlife habitat and beautifying a local trail. Last winter, Rockfish Valley Foundation President Peter Agelasto met with Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) staff to discuss improving the Rockfish Valley Trail. His idea was to expand the existing buffer, to better... Read More
April 12, 2021 9:28 am
Published by Janet Muncy
By Meghan Mulroy-Goldman, DOF Community Forester Photography by Amanda Shields, The Mariners’ Museum and Park Right in the heart of Newport News, you will soon be able to see a shortleaf pine forest. On a perfectly sunny March day, 700 shortleaf seedlings from the Virginia Department of Forestry’s (DOF) nursery found a new home at the Mariners’ Museum and Park. With an historic range covering parts of twenty-two states and... Read More
April 7, 2021 4:07 pm
Published by Janet Muncy
Virginia Department of Forestry is excited to announce a new website coming soon! The new website has been under development for about 10 months now and we’re testing the site now. On behalf of Development Team, we hope you’ll be excited when you take a look at our new website. You’ll find the new site looks, feels, and functions far different from our previous website. We’re excited to share it with you.... Read More
March 31, 2021 11:50 am
Published by Janet Muncy
By Ellen Powell, DOF Conservation Education Coordinator With recent warm weather, Virginia’s woods are greening fast. After a dormant winter, plants gear up for photosynthesis again, using carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make food. You might be familiar with some early spring wildflowers that emerge on the forest floor, taking full advantage of the leafless canopy to gather some sun of their own before being shaded out by trees.... Read More
March 26, 2021 3:33 pm
Published by Janet Muncy
By Ellen Powell, DOF Conservation Education Coordinator The woods are alive, with the sound of … frog calls? Yes, it must be spring in Virginia! Beginning in late winter, ponds, swamps, sloughs and vernal pools become concert halls for breeding choruses of frogs and toads, known collectively as anurans (nerd-word of the day). Joining them are the much quieter – but no less numerous – salamanders. These amphibians spend most... Read More
