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: '4 Tree Farm Signs
Awarded General Daniel Noce ofCasdcton and Chief Forest Warden Raymond M. Johnson recently hecame members of the American Tree Farm System with the award ng of Tree Farm signs and certificates of membership by For- • ester William C. Vemam of the Virginia Division of Forestry on behalf; of the Virginia Tree Farm
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tree tarmers are lahdowners who fpalizc fl« va,ue °f good ;°T' est practice and are managing their forest ands to produce maxtum income j through the continuing growth of forest crops for commercikl purposes. To meet Tree Farm-standards, a landowner must protect his woods from fire, insects and clsease and over grazing; harvest trees properly under good forest practices when mature or ready for thinning; plant trees on idle peres in need of reforestation. By doing the previously mentioned practices a landowner signifys that he is managing his woodlands properly jtnd is then eligible for * tee Farm! icertificationT. ^
dlands are certified as 1 ree
after inspection by a qualiirester
and approval by the Virginia Tree 'Farm Committee. The Tree Farm System is sponsored nationally American Forest Products Industries, Inc. ■
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