Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program

• Program Name: Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program
• Abbreviation: PBBPP
• Primary Goal: Provide cost-share assistance to landowners for thinning pine stands to prevent and lessen the impact of bark beetle outbreaks.
• Contact Agency: Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF)
• Where Applicable: Statewide.
• Other Sources of Information: Contact your county forester for an application.

Prepared by Virginia State Technical Advisory Committee.

Program Description and Requirements

The incentive payment to landowners for approved projects is:

• 60% of direct project cost, not to exceed $150 per acre or $10,000 in a federal fiscal year (10/01-09/30)
• VDOF services will not be considered as part of project costs for the purposes of calculating cost share.

Requirement for qualification

• Parcel must be at least five (5) acres in size.
• Pine species must be loblolly, shortleaf, pond, longleaf, Virginia, or pitch pine.
• Parcel must not be in public or forest industry ownership.
• Trees must be no more than 15 years old and no more than 4 inches average dbh.
• Tree density must be at least 1000 stems per acre.
• Post-treatment residual tree density must be from 300 to 500 stems per acre.

All programs, activities, and services of the conservation partnership are available to people on a nondiscriminatory basis regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, physical ability, political affiliation, and marital or familial status. We are all equal opportunity employers.

Last modified 2008-01-08