Summer 2024 Volume LXXX, Number 3 Magazine Editorial Committee Anne Beals (Chairman), Spotsylvania Justin Barnes, Shipman Carolyn Copenheaver, Blacksburg Matt Dowdy, Louisa Glenda Parrish, Edenton, NC Fred Schatzki, Troy Luke Shenk, Powhatan Corydon Swift-Turner, Charlottesville Anitra Webster, Lynchburg Lesha L. Berkel Editor Advertising and Design John Constantino Advertising Sales Hope Sudol Design & Layout For advertising opportunities contact Big Red M or john@bigredm.com. A unifying voice for Virginia’s forestry community. 3808 AUGUSTA AVENUE RICHMOND, VA 23230 (804) 278-8733 vfa@vaforestry.org VISIT US ONLINE www.vaforestry.org Virginia Forests Virginia Forests magazine is published quarterly by the Virginia Forestry Association, 3808 Augusta Avenue, Richmond, VA 23230-3910. Subscription is by membership in the Association with annual dues ranging upward from a minimum of $65 for individuals. Extra copies at $3.00. Advertising rates upon request. The sole criterion for publication in Virginia Forests is that material be sound and informative. All opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of Virginia Forests or the Virginia Forestry Association. The Association does not pay for materials used. A cumulative index of Virginia Forests is maintained at VFA headquarters. Copyright © 2024 by the Virginia Forestry Association. ISSN 0740-011X. 6 Making the American Chesnut Reappear by Zoe Bergman 10 Citizen Science Powers the Restoration of the American Chesnut Tree by Vasiliy Lakoba and Lauren Kerwien 14 Emerging and Established Threats Impacting American Beech by Carrie J. Fearer CONTENTS ON THE COVER: Chestnut catkins at prime pollination time. (PHOTO COURTESY OF VIRGINIA DEPT. OF FORESTRY) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S UPDATE My Gratitude to You, by Corey Connors................ 3 PRESIDENT’S COLUMN I’m not Complaining, by Chris Harris.................. 5 VIRGINIA CHAPTER, ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING FORESTERS Diminished.................... 21 VIRGINIA FORESTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION UPDATE The Diminishing Workforce in Forestry, by Glen Worrell ................22 THE LOGROLL Changes Over Time: Telling the Story of Loggers in Virginia, by Scott Barrett, Ph.D. .......... 24 BOOK REVIEW The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization, Written by Roland Ennos Reviewed by Anitra Webster ......27 DEPARTMENTS One of the strongest characteristics of American chestnut was (and is) its amazing ability to send up hundreds of sprouts from a stump. In this image from 1904 (Fig. 2 – Sprouts from Stumps Cut the Previous Fall), numerous sprouts grow from a single stump, foreshadowing how this trait would allow American chestnut to remain on the landscape as a part of our forests 100 years after the chestnut blight. From Chestnut in Southern Maryland by Raphael Zon, Bureau of Forestry. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry Bulletin No. 53 (1904). 17 Action Required: Enhancing Virginia’s Hardwood Forests by Joe Rossetti
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