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A “Woodlot Owners Workshop Series” is slated to begin August 14 for persons who live or own woodland in Madison, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Orange or Greene Counties. The workshop series will introduce and explore topics relating to forest stewardship such as managing and selling timber, exploring landowner goals and objectives, working with natural resource professionals and networking with other forestland owners. These topics and more will be presented both in seminar settings (Monday evenings of August 14, September 11 and October 16) and Saturday morning field trips to private properties for more hands-on opportunities August 19 and September 16.
Forestland in the five county area covers 57 percent of the total land area (533,020 acres) and 83 percent of this , resource is owned by private individuals*. This resource is important both economically and ecologically to the area. Virginia Department of Forestry data (1999) determined the total economic impact of the forest industry sector to be $469,758,539 » annually, for the five county area. Additionally, the ability of forestland to serve as a storage and filtering system for watersheds to clean and store runoff and ground water is significant. Consider what kind of water treatment facility it would take to catch and clean enough water for every person living in this area. It is to every citizen’s best interest that woodlands, both public and private, be well managed to sustain the numerous benefits they provide.
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