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1976 survey conducted by the U.S. Forestry Service. Of that total, 75,000 acres are commercial, privately-owned land and 31,739 acres lie within the boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Total forest acreage comprises approximately 60 per cent of Rappahannock’s total land area, said Wood.
He reported that forest land acreage had increased four per cent between 1966 and 1976 over the Piedmont region as a whole.
About 300 acres of trees were planted last spring in Rappahannock County under the Virginia Division of Forestry’s reforestation program, said Wood. As an encouragement for replanting, state nurseries supply loblolly and white pine and yellow poplar in minimum orders of 500 trees, he said. He added that wildlife trees such as persimmon, bristly locust and autumn olive are also available in packets of 25. Seedlings are sold at cost, he continued, and in some cases, the forestry nursery will match half of the seedling costs.
Most of the county’s reforestation work has been done in “old field situations” on abandoned farmland, said Wood. “If you’re not going to farm, the best thing to do is plant trees,” he concluded.
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