WVFA Mountain State Forestry Fall 2020

T R E E F A R M N E W S 20 West Virginia Forestry Association Mountain State Forestry  | Fall 2020 www.wvfa.org New Tree Farm Sign for Oldest Tree Farm in Lewis County IN MID-JUNE, JIM MITCHELL (WV Tree Farm Committee Vice-Chair ) and Danny James (WVDOF Forester and Tree Farm Inspector) coordinated a sign raising event to refresh the Tree Farm sign at the Hall property along Route 33 between Weston and Buckhannon. The Hall Tree Farm is the oldest in Lewis County and was established by the late Charles Hall, a former WVDOF District Forester out of French Creek and Assistant State Forester for Fire. Today the property is managed by his children and his son, Dana (shown in photo) was on site to help with the sign project. Also helping with the project were foresters Terry Jones and Jim Hays (behind camera). Danny James also took the opportunity to “reinspect” the property for Tree Farm recognition status. The refreshed sign is an expression to all passing of the historic and continued sustainable forestry on this remarkable property. Danny James, Jim Mitchell, Dana Hall, and Terry Jones pose in front of new Tree Farm sign at the Hall Property (Photo by Jim Hays).