WVFA Mountain State Forestry Winter 2021-22

5 | Message from the Executive Director 6 | Message from the President Featured News 7 | Songs of the Forest: An Exhibit to Explore the History of Logging and Music in Pocahontas County 10 | The Significance of the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area 12 | Legislative Reception Brings Together Business Leaders and Legislators 13 | West Virginia Changes All State and Congressional Election Districts 14 | Deer Creek Project West Virginia Loggers Council News 18 | Mountain Loggers Group, Inc. Tree Farm News 20 | Local Landowner Gets Paid to Improve His Forestland, Says You Can Too 24 | SFI Establishes Revised Guidelines for 2022 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 Kayla Springer, Secretary/Treasurer Curt Hassler, Past President Anthony Raines ................................Rainco Forest Resources Ben Spong ......................................... Appalachian Hardwood Center Brian Booth .......................................Allegheny Wood Products Buddy Downey ................................WG Downey Consulting Clifton Moyers ..................................Weyerhaeuser Dan Parker .........................................Tillinghast & Neely Gary Claypool ..................................J.P. Hamer Lumber Gary Keaton ....................................... Lyme Mountaineer Timberlands Jamie Dever .......................................Landmark Forestry Jared Simpson ..................................Allegheny Wood Products Jeff Knollinger ....................................Red Oak Timber Company Kirby Funderburke ..........................Individual Lance Fairchild .................................Weyerhaeuser Mark Shreve ......................................Weyerhaeuser Mark Wilson ......................................Allegheny Wood Products Matthew Lane ...................................Coastal Timberlands Rich Flanigan ....................................Natural Resource Partners Ronnie Sites ......................................LC Logging Ron Sammons .................................Sammons Logging Travis Facemyer ...............................Facemyer Lumber Terry Jones .........................................Rich Mountain Forestry Tyler Carp ...........................................Allegheny Wood Products 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. Songs of the Forest An Exhibit to Explore the History of Logging and Music in Pocahontas County 7