WVFA Mountain State Forestry Fall 2021

5 | Message from the Executive Director 6 | Message from the President Featured News 8 | Evaluating Low Grade Yellow-Poplar Appearance Graded Lumber as Structural Lumber for Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Manufacturing 12 | Annual Conference – Smashing Success 14 | WVDOF Soaring with Innovative Drone Program 15 | Real American Hardwood Campaign Launches 18 | Monongahela National Forest Analyzing Proposal for Cranberry Spring Creek Watersheds West Virginia Loggers Council News 21 | Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program Tree Farm News 23 | Want to Learn More About Your Woodlands? Join the West Virginia Tree Farm Program! 24 | Project Learning Tree Survives COVID and is Now Back in Person PAGE 26 M e m b e r s h i p A p p l i c a t i o n • M e m b e r s h i p A p p l i c a t i o n • CONTENTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Holstine, President ...............Holstine Forestry Joe McNeel, 1st VP ....................... Appalachian Hardwood Center Aaron Plaugher, 2nd VP ...............WestRock Secretary/Treasurer .......................Open Curt Hassler, Past President ......Balkentier Consulting Anthony Raines ................................Rainco Forest Resources Ben Spong ......................................... Appalachian Hardwood Center Bill Robinson .....................................WV Loggers Council Bob Butcher ....................................Landmark Forestry Bob Radabaugh ..............................Radabaugh Env. Services Chris Cartwright ..............................TLM Management LLC Clifton Moyers ..................................Weyerhaeuser Dan Parker ........................................Tillinghast & Neely Gary Keaton ....................................... Lyme Mountaineer Timberlands Jared Simpson ..................................Allegheny Wood Products Jeff Knollinger ....................................Red Oak Timber Company Kirby Funderburke .........................WestRock Mark Shreve ......................................Weyerhaeuser Mark Wilson ......................................Allegheny Wood Products Matthew Lane ...................................Coastal Timberlands Michael Jones ..................................Four Generations Logging Mike Moran ........................................Weyerhaeuser Rich Flanigan ....................................Natural Resources Partners Rick Gallagher ..................................Robinson & McElwee Ronnie Sites ....................................LC Logging Ron Sammons .................................Sammons Logging Stephen Harp ...................................Pardee & Curtin Terry Jones .........................................Rich Mountain Forestry Tim Cline .............................................Columbia Forest Products Travis Facemyer ..............................Facemyer Lumber West Virginia Forestry Association, Inc. 2008 Quarrier St., Charleston, WV 25311 681-265-5019 |  wvfa@wvfa.org PUBLISHER LLM Publications Grandt Mansfield ........................................Advertising Sales 503-445-2226 |  grandt@llmpubs.com Spencer Seastrom .....................................Design & Layout STAFF Eric Carlson ............................................... Executive Director Kayla Springer . ......................................... Accounting Manager Ed Kraynok ................................................. Program Manager © 2021. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced or distributed electronically or mechanically, either in whole or in part, without the express written consent of the West Virginia Forestry Association. The advertisers assume complete responsibility to use any or all brand names, trademarks, guarantees, and statements which appear in their advertisements. Annual Conference Smashing Success 12