WVFA Mountain State Forestry Winter 2021-22

T R E E F A R M N E W S 24 West Virginia Forestry Association Mountain State Forestry | Winter 2021–22 www.wvfa.org Establishes Revised Guidelines for 2022 THE SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY INITIATIVE HAS ISSUED THE REVISED 2022 SFI FOREST MANAGEMENT STANDARD. West Virginia Forestry Association has worked with the SFI State Implementation Committee (SFI-SIC) since its inception. The major revisions that will impact the SFI-SIC are seen here. The SFI SIC has the primary responsibility for logger training and working with conservation groups and the community at the state level. The SFI SIC participates in the West Virginia Logger Certification Program by providing all loggers with an awareness of the SFI Principles and Standards and to work with the West Virginia Division of Forestry that enables the WV Certified Logger requirements to also meet the revised SFI Certified Logger Standard, thus enabling loggers the opportunity to harvest on SFI certified lands in West Virginia. The full revision impacts the entire certification process and more details can be found at www.forests.org.