<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Division of Forestry News Feed</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/news/forestry&amp;page=f947d386-a813-4406-b842-573d3657ec3a&amp;wp=c3f24494-a875-4720-bc5e-524397862ee0</link><description>A list of recent press releases issued by the Division of Forestry.</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Groups urged to apply for Mountaineer Treeways program</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/GroupsurgedtoapplyforMountaineerTreewaysprogram.aspx</link><description>DOF provides trees for public plantings</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:10:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>State Tree Nursery Selling Seedlings</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/StateTreeNurserySellingSeedlings.aspx</link><description>Whether you want 25 tree seedlings or 2,500, Clements State Tree Nursery is ready to fill your order</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:49:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Governor Declares April Arbor Month</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/GovernorDeclaresAprilArborMonth.aspx</link><description>By official proclamation, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin designated April to be Arbor Month throughout the state of West Virginia</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:15:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safe outdoor burning tips</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/Safeoutdoorburningtips.aspx</link><description>A windy March day is great for flying a kite, but not for burning brush. That’s why state foresters are asking residents to be extremely cautious this month with outdoor fires</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:03:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spring forest fire season starts Thursday, March 1</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/SpringforestfireseasonstartsThursday,March1.aspx</link><description>No outdoor burning until after 5 p.m.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:36:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forestry Honors Loggers of Excellence</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/LoggersofExcellence.aspx</link><description>State forestry officials have named 21 companies as West Virginia 5-Year Loggers of Excellence for completing five consecutive years' work in full compliance with the West Virginia Logging Sediment Control Act
</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free trees for public plantings</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/Freetreesforpublicplantings.aspx</link><description>Mountaineer Treeways program accepting applications through March 16</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:57:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ginseng digging season ends Nov. 30</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/diggingseason.aspx</link><description>All roots must be certified by March 31, 2012</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eastern Panhandle offers colorful foliage, rest of West Virginia past peak</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/EasternPanhandleofferscolorfulfoliage,restofWestVirginiapastpeak.aspx</link><description>With the exception of the state’s Eastern Panhandle counties and a few other scattered spots, state foresters report that the fall foliage season in West Virginia is quickly coming to an end</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:20:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Marketing and business workshops for woodworking companies</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/Marketingandbusinessworkshopsforwoodworkingcompanies.aspx</link><description>Two workshops are scheduled for Nov. 8-10, 2011, at the Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) in Princeton, W.Va.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:59:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Color peaking in lower elevations, state foresters say</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/Colorpeakinginlowerelevations,stateforesterssay.aspx</link><description>Color should be at peak for the West Virginia Turkey Festival in Hardy County this weekend, Oct. 21-22, 2011</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:32:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Black cherry is one of our most valued hardwoods</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/Blackcherryisoneofourmostvaluedhardwoods.aspx</link><description>Black cherry trees may be common in most parts of West Virginia, but the benefits they provide are anything but ordinary</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Daytime burning requires a permit starting Oct. 1</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/DaytimeburningrequiresapermitstartingOct1.aspx</link><description>$125 fee for commercial burning permits</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:02:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conference to Host Foresters from 20 States and Canada</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/ConferencetoHostForestersfrom20StatesandCanada.aspx</link><description>Foresters from 20 states and Canada will meet in Huntington next week for the joint conference of the Southern Forest Nursery Association and the Northeastern Forest and Conservation Nursery Association</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:15:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wet Spring Kept Forest Fires in Check</title><link>http://www.wv.gov/news/Pages/WetSpringKeptForestFiresinCheck.aspx</link><description>Officials at the West Virginia Division of Forestry say this year’s wet spring weather helped keep low the number of forest fires and the number of acres burned</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:01:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>