2/24/2011
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Officials at the West Virginia Division of Forestry recognized the most conscientious professional loggers in the state for the fourth consecutive year. The Logger of Excellence program names professional loggers who have completed a year’s work in full compliance with the West Virginia Logging Sediment Control Act. Award recipients were recognized at the A.B. Brooks Forestry Symposium in Charleston in early February.
Assistant State Forester Jeremy McGill, who oversees the Logger of Excellence program, said that earning the achievement is no small task. “West Virginia’s logging sediment laws are among the toughest in the nation. Even a single water quality violation will result in being disqualified, so to be recognized as a West Virginia Logger of Excellence means you are truly working above and beyond the levels necessary to protect the state’s water resources.”
The program is based on a calendar year’s work; each logger receives a certificate, window decals and bumper stickers identifying them as Loggers of Excellence.
A list of all 113 Loggers of Excellence for 2010 is available at the Division of Forestry’s website,
http://www.wvforestry.com/lsca.cfm.
Contact Information
Leslie Fitzwater, Public Information Specialist
304.957.9342 or 304.541.8102
Leslie.C.Fitzwater@wv.gov