Title: Summarize the history of Virginia’s forest industry.
Course: Forestry Management (18502-I) > Section: Introducing Forestry

Summary could include

•    analyzing forestry in Virginia throughout history

o    timber harvest and use
o    land clearing for agriculture
o    loss from overcutting following colonization or wars
o    effects of the Civil War
o    abandoned agricultural land during the Great Depression
o    increasing development
o    loss of the American chestnut in the forests
o    use or restriction of wildland fire on species composition and structure

•    describing the establishment of state and national forests
•    examining conservation efforts.

Teacher Resources:

- The American Chestnut Foundation
- A Prickly Problem, Virginia Department of Forestry