Grayson Landcare meeting

Independence, VA –The January 18^th Grayson Landcare meeting, which will be held at 7 pm at the 1908 Courthouse in Independence, Virginia, will feature a presentation by Zachary Olinger, a forester with the Virginia Department of Forestry.  Olinger will discuss a new sustainable forest management program for forest landowners called the “Extreme Forest Makeover” program.

Funded by a $111,000 Conservation Innovation Grant from the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service, the grant will be matched by in-kind contributions from VDOF and other project partners.  The “forest makeover” will occur as participating forest landowners in the New River Valley design and then implement a forest stewardship plan, with assistance from a variety of natural resource professionals.
 
This is a three-year project, and project partners are hoping the program will increase the acres of sustainably managed forestland in the New River Valley.  Interested forest landowners can learn more about the program by contacting the New River-Highlands RC&D Council by phone: (276) 228-2879 or by email: david.richert@dof.virginia.gov.
 

The New River-Highlands RC&D Council prohibits discrimination in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status.  (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
 
David Richert, CF
RC&D Forester-Western Virginia
Virginia Department of Forestry
david.richert@dof.virginia.gov
(276) 228-2879 office
(276) 389-9072 cell
100 USDA Drive Suite F
Wytheville, Virginia 24382
Certified Forester # 3768