News Releases
2009 Releases
- Fire Officials Urge Caution With Fireworks, Sparklers - June 29, 2009
- Certain Recreational Activities in Virginia’s State Forests Will Require A State Forest Use Permit Beginning July 1, 2009 - June 29, 2009
- Virginia Cabinet Secretaries and Agency Heads to Observe Activities At Virginia Wildland Fire Academy - May 29, 2009
- Firefighters Gear Up For Week-Long Wildland Fire Academy - May 29, 2009
- VDOF Awards $163,000 in Grants to 108 Volunteer Fire Departments
Spreadsheet (English; Excel format) - May 6, 2009 - Spring Fire Season Officially Ends - May 1, 2009
- VDOF Donates 32,000 Tree Seedlings - Apr. 29, 2009
- Environmental Leaders To Gather In Western Virginia and Tour Areas of Southwest Virginia - Apr. 21, 2009
- VDOF Records First Easement in Highland County - Apr. 9, 2009
- Reward Offered For Arson Fire in Dickenson County; Fire Threat Remains Elevated in SW Virginia - Mar. 27, 2009
- Volunteers Sought Statewide to Remove Invasive Plants - Mar. 17, 2009
- State Nurseries See Decline In Seedling Sales - Mar. 17, 2009
- Family Fun – A Walk in the Forest - Mar. 11, 2009
- Bio-Energy Conference Planned for Northern Virginia - Mar. 4, 2009
- Environmental Leaders to Meet in Staunton - Feb. 26, 2009
- General Assembly Honors Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute - Feb. 20, 2009
- VDOF To Host Wildfire Training For Louisa County On Saturday - Feb. 19, 2009
- The New Urban Forest - Feb. 12, 2009
- Holiday Lake Forestry Camp – More Than Just Trees! - Feb. 9, 2009
- National Ecosystem Services Conference to be Held in Virginia - Feb. 3, 2009
- Outdoor Fires Unlawful Before 4 p.m. - Jan. 30, 2009
- Area Landowners Protect Forest Land With Conservation Easements - Jan. 23, 2009
- 2008 Ends With Record Fire Numbers - Jan. 6, 2009
2008 Releases
- Fall 2008 Fire Season Ends - Dec. 1, 2008
- Virginia’s Tree Seedling Store Opens Monday - Oct. 24, 2008
- Fall Fire Season Begins Wednesday, Oct. 15 - Oct.10, 2008
- CSI: Virginia Forestry - Oct. 1, 2008
- VDOF Realigns Agency Offices - Oct. 1, 2008
- VDOF Sends Team to Save Urban Trees - Sept. 19, 2008
- VDOF Sends Team to Hurricane-Ravaged Texas - Sept. 16, 2008
- VDOF Tree Nurseries Seek Public’s Help With Acorn & Seed Collection - Sept. 12, 2008
- Urban Trees Take Center Stage at Waynesboro Workshop - August 28, 2008
- Bedford County Man Convicted of Felony Woods Arson - August 14, 2008
- Gypsy Moth Defoliation Increases 46 Percent in Virginia - July 28, 2008
- Stuarts Draft Resident Selected for Southern Wildfire Prevention Award - July 24, 2008
- Farmville Regional Forester to Retire - Jun. 27, 2008
- Fire Officials Urge Caution With Fireworks, Sparklers - Jun. 25, 2008
- Active Management of Woodlands is the Subject of a Weekend Educational Retreat for Forest Landowners - Jun. 2, 2008
- Record Enrollment for Upcoming Wildland Fire Academy; Longwood University is the New Site for Firefighter Training - May 23, 2008
- Virginia’s Newest State Forest will be Dedicated Next Friday; The Great Channels of Virginia will be Conserved - May 2, 2008
- Busiest Spring Fire Season in 45 Years Ends Today; VDOF Firefighter Burned Battling One of the 948 Fires - Apr. 30, 2008
- Last Call for James River Summer Camp Program - Apr. 11, 2008
- Dragon Run – A New State Forest on the Middle Peninsula - Apr. 9, 2008
- Suspected Arsonist Arrested in Bedford County; Bloodhound Tracks Man to his Home - Mar. 25, 2008
- Forest Fires Still a Threat Even as Spring Blooms - Mar. 21, 2008
- Clean Air Isn’t Really Free - Mar. 12, 2008
- Prevention Educator Receives Governor’s Award - Feb. 27, 2008
- No Tree Left Behind – A Tree Care & Maintenance Workshop - Feb. 14, 2008
- Staunton Man’s 90th Birthday to be Celebrated - Feb. 12, 2008
- Sunday’s Wind Makes for Unusually High Number of Wildland Fires - Feb. 11, 2008
- Outdoor Fires Unlawful Before 4 p.m. - Jan. 30, 2008
- 340,000 Potential Customers Available to Arborists, Foresters - Jan. 24, 2008
- Wildland Fires Increase 16 Percent in 2007 - Jan. 8, 2008
- Holiday Lake Forestry Camp – More Than Just Trees! - Jan. 7, 2008
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