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
