Publications and Reports
Past issues of printed materials can be found on our Archive Page.
- Economic Impact of Agriculture and Forestry on the Commonwealth of Virginia – 69 pp. [PDF Format | more info]
This study describes the contribution of the agriculture and forestry industries to Virginia’s economy. The study relies on both published and unpublished data as well as literature that address trends in the agriculture and forestry industries. It also provides separate estimates of agriculture and forestry impacts, impacts by industry groupings arranged by level of dependency on raw materials originating within the state, and impacts by region. By Terance J. Rephann, Ph.D, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
Availability: Downloadable from this website only. - The Value of Virginia’s Forests – (P00100) [PDF format | more info]
Tri-fold brochure summarizes the economic impact of agriculture and forestry in Virginia, as reported in the full report “The Economic Impact of Agriculture and Forestry on the Commonwealth of Virginia” published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
State Assessment and Strategic Plan
These documents are in English, PDF format.
- Virginia Department of Forestry State Assessment and Strategic Plan 2010 – Executive Summary [PDF format]
- Virginia Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources 2010 – A Comprehensive Analysis of Forest Conditions, Trends, Threats and Priorities – 129 pp. [PDF Format 13MB]
- Virginia Department of Forestry Strategic Plan 2010 – Harnessing the Winds of Change – 88 pp.[PDF Format]
- Agency Strategic Plan – various dates available [Virginia Performs Website]
Agency Reports
- State of the Forest 2012 – [PDF format] (P00129) 21 pp.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Web publication only. - Holiday Lake Forestry Camp Annual report. 4-8 pp.
- 2010 [PDF format | More Info >]
About VDOF
Laws; Regulations; Code of Virginia
- Virginia’s Forestry Laws – 68 pp. (3.5 in x 5.5 in.) [PDF Format | more info]
Pocket-sized guide provides detailed information about the forestry laws in Virginia.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Outdoor Fire Laws – What You Need To Know [PDF format | more info]
Tri-fold brochure provides an overview of fire law information. Encourages citizens to know the forest fire laws and local ordinances before burning, and safety tips for burning.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Ustedes y Los Fuegos Al Aire Libre – No deje que esto les ocurra [Spanish/Espanol; PDF format]
No deje que esto les ocurra (P00108).
Services from VDOF
- Services to Landowners – Assisting Landowners with the Development, Management and Protection of Healthy, Sustainable Forests [PDF format]
Tri-fold brochure provides information about the services offered by the Virginia Department of Forestry.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Jobs and Careers
- Careers In Forestry – Protecting and Developing Healthy Sustainable Forest Resources for Virginians (P00089). [PDF format | More Info >>>]
Tri-fold brochure provides an introduction to careers in the forestry field.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Conference Center and Facilities
- New Kent Conference Center – A Training and Meeting Center in a Relaxing Atmosphere [PDF format | More info >>>]
Tri-fold brochure introduces our center which offers meeting space and overnight accommodations for small groups.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Fire - Wildfires, Safety, Prevention and Education
Dry Hydrants
- USFS Dry Hydrant Manual (USDA Forest Service Southern Region (R8) R8-TP-19 (PDF, 48 pp., 30MB, Sept. 1993)
Fire Prevention
- Brush Piles for Wildlife – Build a Shelter for Wildlife [PDF format]
- Firewise Communities for Virginia – Reduce the Risk to Your Home and Community [PDF format | more info]
- Mulch Fires – A serious threat to your home, property and family [PDF format]
- New Tools and New Logo – Same Reliable Service [PDF format]
- Outdoor Fire Laws – What You Need To Know [PDF format | more info]
- Phragmites and Fire – Reduce the Risk to Your Home [PDF format]
- Safe Debris Burning – What do you have to lose? [PDF format | more info]
- Ustedes y Los Fuegos Al Aire Libre – No deje que esto les ocurra [Spanish/Espanol; PDF format]
- Virginia Reader – Agriculture in the Classroom – Fire and Water – 10.5 in. x 8 in. 8 pp. [PDF format]
Fire Safety
- Safe Debris Burning – What do you have to lose? [PDF format | more info]
Tri-fold brochure provides a fire safety alert and includes alternatives to burning; burning responsibly and safety tips.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Mulch Fires – A serious threat to your home, property and family [PDF format]
Tri-fold brochure provides insight into the serious threat of mulch fires and steps you can take to be aware of this fire safety hazard.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Phragmites and Fire – Reduce the Risk to Your Home [PDF format]
Tri-fold brochure describes just what phragmites is; why it is a serious threat, and how to reduce the risk to your home and property.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Virginia Reader – Agriculture in the Classroom – Fire and Water – 10.5 in. x 8 in. 8 pp. [PDF format]
Newspaper-style publication provides fire safety and prevention information for youth, including fire and water; fire behaviour; the fire triangle; history of fire; fighting wildland fires; effects of fire on water quality; effects of fire on air quality, and a crossword puzzle.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Firefighting
- Become a Wildland Firefighter– What Does It Take To Become A Wildland Firefighter and Is It For You? [PDF format | more info]
Tri-fold brochure provides information to help you get started in becoming a wildland firefighter in Virginia. Wildland firefighting is dangerous business, thus firefighters must meet certain training, fitness and service requirements for the safety of the firefighter and other wildfire personnel. Availability: Downloadable from this website only. - Fighting Wildfire in Virginia – Safety and Logistical Essentials [PDF format]
Tri-fold brochure provides a safety and logistical briefing to wildfire personnel working in Virginia.
Availability: Downloadable from this website only.
- Evidence Protection – A First Responder’s Guide for Wildland Fire Scenes [PDF format]
Tri-fold brochure serves as a guide to first-response personnel for protecting life and property; putting the fire out, and securing the scene.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - New Tools and New Logo – Same Reliable Service [PDF format]
Tri-fold brochure provides information about VDOF’s new suppression and prevention tools.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Conservation
Forest Conservation
- Conservation Easements - Working Forest Conservation Easement Program (P00203) (PDF, 1.4 MB, 2 pgs, June 2012) [PDF format | More Info >>>]
Tri-fold brochure provides information on options available to landowners for conserving their forestland through conservation easements.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
- Landowner Options for Forestland Conservation – Dedicated to Protecting and Managing Virginia’s Forestland for Future Generations [PDF format | more info]
Tri-fold brochure provides information on options available to landowners for conserving their forestland, including: use-value taxation; riparian buffer tax credit; cost-share assistance; conservation easements; purchase of development rights; and donations of property.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Forest Legacy Program – Protecting Private Forestlands from Conversion to Non-Forest Use [PDF format | more info]. Tri-fold brochure provides information regarding this program, including: overview; public purposes; methods of acquisition; application process, and program requirements.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Forest Certification (P00206) (PDF, 3MB, 2 pgs., Oct. 2012)
- Forestland Conservation Review. April, 2013. (P00210) (PDF, 5MB, 12 pgs., April, 2013)
Water - Purity, Availability and Supply
Rain Gardens
- Rain Gardens – A Landscape Tool to Improve Water Quality (P00124) [PDF format | More Info > | more info]
Tri-fold brochure educates landowners on options available to resolve issues with excess drainage from roofs, gutters, sidewalks, and how to put nature to work for you.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Rain Gardens Technical Guide – A Landscape Tool to Improve Water Quality. (P00127) 36 pp. [PDF format | More Info > | more info]
Technical guide provides detailed instruction for homeowners, teachers, community leaders and landscape architects on the planning and development of rain gardens to create a landscape feature that will solve drainage problems, address erosion problems, improve water quality, create wildlife habitat or a garden focal point.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Riparian Forest Buffers
- Riparian Forest Buffers: Forests on the Water’s Edge – (P00140) 6 pp. [PDF format | More Info > | more info]
This publication is the effort of the Chesapeake Bay Program to educate the community leaders and the public about the benefits of riparian forest buffers. Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available. - Riparian Forest Handbook 1: Appreciating and Evaluating Streamside Forests – 52 pp. [PDF format | More Info > | more info]
This handbook is organized to help you appreciate the importance of streamside forests, and to guide you as you evaluate a portion of a stream you may hope to restore. Web publication only. - Riparian Buffers Tax Credit – Protecting Virginia’s Waterways with Forested Buffers.(P00123) [PDF format | More Info > | more info]
Tri-fold brochure describes the Riparian Buffers Tax Credit program, including eligibility; application requirements; buffer specifications; and inspections. Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Financial Assistance and Incentive Programs
- Riparian Buffers Tax Credit – Protecting Virginia’s Waterways with Forested Buffers [PDF format | more info]
- Riparian Forest Buffers – Forests On The Water's Edge – 8.5 in. x 10 in. – 6 pp. [PDF format | more info]
- Riparian Forest Handbook 1 – Appreciating and Evaluating Streamside Forests – 8.5 in. x 5.5 in. – 52 pp. [PDF format]
- Why Plant Forest Buffers – Planting Riparian Buffers is Real Forestry [PDF format | more info]
Forest Health
Forest Health Review
- Forest Health Review – [PDF format] 12 pp.
- 2011: May | November
Past issues can be found on our Archive Publications Page.
Insect and Disease Management
- Don't Move Firewood – Stop the Spread of Tree-Destroying Insects and Diseases [PDF Format | more info]
- Don't Move Firewood Flier [PDF format | more info]
- No Transporte Leña – Ayude a detener la dispersión de insectos y enfermedades que destruyen nuestros árboles [Spanish/Espanol PDF format]
- Protect Your Pine Forest – Bark Beetle Prevention and Cost-Share Options for Virginia Landowners [PDF format | more info]
- USDA Forest Service – Forest Insect and Disease Leaflets Forest Health Topic Directory – List of leaflets. [Forest Health Protection Office]
Invasive Species
- Control and Utilization of Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) – A Guide for Virginia Landowners – 16 pp. [PDF format]
Virginia's State Forests
- Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest – Appomattox and Buckingham Counties – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest Recreation and Trails Map – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. – [PDF format]
- Channels State Forest – Washington and Russell Counties – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Conway Robinson State Forest – Prince William County – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Cumberland State Forest – Cumberland County – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Cumberland State Forest Recreation and Trails Map – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format]
- Hunting In Virginia's State Forests – 4 pp. [PDF format | more info]
- Matthews State Forest – Grayson County – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Prince Edward-Gallion State Forest – Prince Edward County – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Zoar State Forest – King William County – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
- Virginia's State Forests – An Outdoor Adventure Waiting For You – 8.5 in. x 14.5 in. [PDF format | more info]
Forest Products
- Virginia Primary Forest Products Directory 2001 | Info sheet. NOTE: The 2001 version is the only one available.
- Virginia Grown Forest Products (P00204) (PDF, 1.6 MB, 2 pgs, May 2012)
Tri-fold brochure provides information on the Virginia Grown Forest Products program.
Availability: Downloadable from this website. Printed copies available.
Ecosystem Services
- Forests: Providers of Ecosystem Services – Economic stability is strongly linked to environmental sustainability and forests play an important role in that relationship [PDF format | more info]
- Valuing Virginia’s Forests – Ecosystem Benefits Provided by Our Forests [PDF format]
About VDOF
Forestry News
- Forestry News – published monthly [More info>>>]
Forest Research
- The Forest Research Review, Research Fact Sheets, Virginia's Forest Survey Publications, and Occasional Reports can be found in our Forest Research Publications section.
Water Quality
Riparian Forest Buffers
- Riparian Forest Buffers: Forests on the Water’s Edge (English; PDF format).
- Riparian Forest Handbook | (English; PDF format).
Manage Your Woods or Trees
- Brush Piles for Wildlife – Don’t Burn Brush – Build a Shelter for Wildlife (P00201). [PDF format | More Info >>>].
Tri-fold brochure educates landowners about an excellent alternative to burning brush on his or her property, including: where to build a brush pile; building a brush pile, and maintenance.
Availability: Print and web publication. - Cost-Share Program: Tomorrow Woods (PDF, 1 MB, 2 pps., Mar. 2013)
- Facts About Low-Density Plantings of Loblolly Pine – Advantages of Planting Fewer Trees Per Acre [More Info > | PDF format | more info ]
- Firewood For Home Heating
- Plan Your Forest's Future (P00205) (PDF, 1.3 MB, 2 pps., Sept. 2012)
- Reforesting Cutover Timberland: Pine – A Good Investment (English; Web page | PDF format)
- Quail Habitat Enhancement Cost-Share Program (PDF, 1.3 MB, 2 pps., Feb. 2013)
Timber Harvesting
- Clearcutting Facts and Myths PDF, 2 pp., 1.3MB, May 2012
- Silvicultural Best Management Practices Implementation Monitoring for Virginia– 8 pp. [PDF format]: 2011 | 2010 | 2009 (English; PDF format)
- Timber Sales (English; More Info > | PDF format)
- Timber Theft (English; More Info > | PDF format)
- Timber Harvesting and Water Quality– Best Management Practices Protect Virginia’s Water Resources and Save You Time and Money [PDF format | more info]
- Virginia’s Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality Technical Guide – 178 pp. 24MB [PDF format]
- Virginia’s Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality Field Guide – 98 pp. 8MB [PDF format]
How To Plant Trees
- Hardwood Planting Guide – For Forest Riparian Buffers, Wildlife Habitat and Forest Products [ PDF format]
- Seedling Planting Instructions (Pine)– Start Seedlings Off Right With Proper Planting Techniques [PDF format | more info]
- Virginia’s Best Genetics in Loblolly Pine – Loblolly Pine Crop Highlights [PDF format | more info]
Tree Seedlings | Sales | Information
- Seedling Price Guide (P00139) – [PDF format | On-line Store | more info]
Brochure provides a simple listing of seedling species available for sale at our state nurseries and current pricing. For more detailed species information, see our Web Store or our full on-line catalog, Virginia Trees for Virginia Landowners Seedling Catalog. Customers can order on-line at our Web Store or by mail with the included order form. Print and web publication. - Virginia Trees for Virginia Landowners Seedling Catalog – (P00102) [PDF format | Webpage | On-line Store | more info]
Virginia Trees for Virginia Landowners Seedling Catalog. 28 pp. Catalog provides seedling species available for sale at our state nurseries, including: detailed species descriptions; photos of tree species; seedling size, growth, zone, light and specialty-use information, and current pricing. Customers can order on-line at our Web Store or by mail with the included order form. Web publication only. - Seedling Planting Instructions (English; Web page | PDF format)
Recreation
- Hunting Maps for the State Forests (English; PDF format).
- Forestry Nature Trail Guide – Virginia Department of Forestry Headquarters Office Nature Trail in Charlottesville, VA – 5.5 in. x 8.5 in. – 32 pp. [PDF format | more info]
Tree Identification
- Get a copy of Common Native Trees of Virginia from our Web Store
- You can pay by check when you order by mail. Order form (English; Word format).
- You can also download a free copy of the book (English; PDF format).
Water Quality, Rain Gardens and Timber Harvesting
Rain Gardens
- Rain Gardens – A Landscape Tool to Improve Water Quality [PDF format | more info]
- Rain Gardens Technical Guide – A Landscape Tool to Improve Water Quality – 36 pp. [PDF format | more info]
Riparian Forest Buffers
- Riparian Buffers Tax Credit – Protecting Virginia’s Waterways with Forested Buffers [PDF format | more info]
- Riparian Forest Buffers – Forests On The Water's Edge – 8.5 in. x 10 in. – 6 pp. [PDF format | more info]
- Riparian Forest Handbook 1 – Appreciating and Evaluating Streamside Forests – 8.5 in. x 5.5 in. – 52 pp. [PDF format]
- Why Plant Forest Buffers – Planting Riparian Buffers is Real Forestry [PDF format | more info]
Timber Harvesting and Water
- Best Management Practices Implementation Monitoring for Virginia
- Timber Harvesting and Water Quality– Best Management Practices Protect Virginia’s Water Resources and Save You Time and Money [PDF format | more info]
- Virginia’s Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality Technical Guide – 178 pp. 24MB [PDF format]
- Virginia’s Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality Field Guide – 98 pp. 8MB [PDF format]
Youth Forestry Education
Activity Sheets
- Enjoy Nature Near You in Spring [PDF format]
- Enjoy Nature Near You in Summer [PDF format]
- Enjoy Nature Near You in Fall [PDF format]
- Enjoy Nature Near You in Winter [PDF format]
Forest Facts
- Forestry in Virginia – [PDF format]; Puzzle Sheet [PDF format]
- How A Tree Grows [PDF format]; Puzzle Sheet [PDF Format]
- Identifying Trees [PDF format]; Puzzle Sheet [PDF Format]
- Trees Protect Water [PDF format]; Puzzle Sheet [PDF Format]
- Virginia in the Fall [PDF format]; Puzzle Sheet [PDF Format]
- Why We Need Trees [PDF format]; Puzzle Sheet [PDF Format]
Holiday Lake Forestry Camp
- Holiday Lake Forestry Camp Annual Report 2011 [PDF format | more info]
- Holiday Lake Forestry Camp 2012 Promotional Flier [PDF format | more info]
Other Publication Sources
- USDA Southern Research Station – List of publications.
- Virginia Cooperative Extension – List of publications.
- Virginia Cooperative Extension – List of forestry publications.
- Virginia Cooperative Extension – List of 4-H natural resources and environmental education publications.
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources – List of wildlife and your land publications.
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