News Releases

Current Releases

Water Quality Focus of Landowner Workshop - Jan. 12, 2011
Easement To Preserve Working Forests in Campbell County - Jan. 24, 2011
Easement To Preserve Working Forest in Rappahannock County - Jan. 24, 2011
Holiday Lake Forestry Camp – More Than Just Trees! - Jan. 24, 2011
Outdoor Fires Unlawful Before 4 p.m. - Feb. 3, 2011
Neighborhood Trees, Their Care and Benefits Focus of Workshop in Roanoke - Feb. 16, 2011
Seeing Red on Valentine’s Day Not Always a Good Thing - Feb. 17, 2011
Wildland Fire Burns 176 Acres in Dinwiddie County - Feb. 17, 2011
Rain ‘Dampens’ Spring Wildfire Season - Mar. 10, 2011
Appalachian Power Partners With Virginia Department of Forestry - Mar. 22, 2011
May 2 – 4, 2011: World-Famous Artist Patrick Dougherty To Harvest Local “Sticks” For Sculpture At Garden - Apr. 18, 2011
New Program For Renewable Energy and Efficiency in the Twin County Region - Apr. 19, 2011
Forestry to Present Tree Line USA Award to Dominion Virginia Power CEO on Arbor Day - April 25, 2011
Easement To Preserve Working Forests in Charles City County - April 26, 2011
Fall Cankerworms Attacking Area Trees - April 27, 2011
Volunteers Sought Statewide to Remove Invasive Plants - April 28, 2011
Spring Fire Season Officially Ends - April 29, 2011
Virginia, Arbor Day Foundation Bestow ‘Tree Line USA’ Award on Dominion Resources Inc. at Richmond City School’s Celebration of Project Plant It! - April 29, 2011
Three Landowners Conserve 1,000 Acres On The New River Through Forest Legacy - May 4, 2011
Ivan Henao Receives Forest Stewardship Certification - May 10, 2011
Moore’s Creek State Forest Dedicated - May 12, 2011
Hike Virginia’s State Forests; June 4 is National Trails Day - May 24, 2011
Wildland Fire Academy Brings 350 Firefighters to Farmville - May 25, 2011
Media Alert: Wildland Fire Academy Underway in Farmville - June 1, 2011
VDOF Firefighters and Equipment Deploy Nationally to Suppress Wildfires - June 15, 2011
New State Forest to be Dedicated - June 22, 2011
Fire Officials Urge Caution With Fireworks, Sparklers - June 23, 2011
Landowners in York and Rappahannock Watersheds Eligible For CPI Forestry Funds to Support Chesapeake Bay Efforts - July 6, 2011
Family Forest Landowners Hold the Key to Sustaining Virginia’s Woodlands; Forest Transition Planning Workshop Set - July 11, 2011
Emerald Ash Borer Focus of Workshop - July 14, 2011
Tinker Mountain Wildfire Update - July 26, 2011
Urban Forestry Workshop Planned in Waynesboro - August 1, 2011
VDOF To Present Check To County - Appomattox | Buckingham | Cumberland | Prince Edward | - August 3, 2011
VDOF Records First Easement in Albemarle County - August 9, 2011
Workshop for Women Landowners - Petersburg | Harrisonburg - Aug. 24, 2011
VDOF Tree Nurseries Seek Public’s Help With Acorn & Seed Collection - Aug. 25, 2011
Salem Area Faces High Threat (Class 3 of 5) of Wildfires - August 31, 2011
VDOF Removes 2,800 Trees Downed by Hurricane Irene; Urban Strike Team Activated to Assist Norfolk Schools - Sept. 2, 2011
VDOF Plans Harvest Operations at Conway Robinson State Forest; 36 Acres of the 444-Acre State Forest to be Improved or Replanted - Sept. 6, 2011
VDOF Selects New Regional Forester; Toni Noreika Responsible for 30 Counties in Eastern Virginia - Sept. 14, 2011
Financial Incentive Program Expands to Include Greene, Fluvanna Counties - Sept. 14, 2011
Clinch River Recreation Opportunities Subject of Community Workshop - Sept. 23, 2011
Virginia’s Tree Seedling Store Now Open - Sept. 30, 2011
Galax Resident to Receive National Award for Work - David Edwards Will be Honored at Ceremony - Oct. 3, 2011
Fall Fire Season Begins Saturday, Oct. 15 - Oct. 7, 2011
Three Families Conserve 1,600 Acres of Private Forestland Central Virginia; Properties Are in Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex and Isle of Wight Counties - Oct. 11, 2011
Scam Alert For Forest Landowners - Oct. 27, 2011
Make Room For Trees - Oct. 28, 2011
One Million Acres of Southern Forests Protected from Destructive Insect - Oct. 28, 2011
VDOF Records Working Forest Easement in Halifax County; Easement Donation is a Milestone - Nov. 14, 2011
Three Virginians Earn National Award - Nov. 14, 2011
Belfort Furniture Donates 33,000 Trees to Virginia - Nov. 21, 2011
VDOF Employee Donates Working Forest Easement in King William County; Three Tracts Total 1,199 acres - Dec. 7, 2011
Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co. Donates 150,000 Trees to Virginia; Brings 5-Year Total to 750,000 Trees - Dec. 7, 2011
57 Virginia Communities Earn Tree City USA Status - Dec. 12, 2011
Hot Ash Safety Facts - Dec. 14, 2011
Plow and Hearth Donates 141,000 Trees to Virginia; Brings Total to More Than 2.5 Million - Dec. 19, 2011
Share Fire Safety This Season - Dec. 19, 2011