Winter 2017-18

5 | Message from the President Industry News 6 | WV on the Move AWP’s Kingwood Mill Celebrates 25 Years 7 | Making the Grade in Sustainable Forestry PLT GreenWorks! Forest History Society Website 8 | Waters of U.S. Reg. Roll-Back Stoner Moore Parsons 9 | WV Poll on Black Bears 10 | Invasive Species Meeting The Road Ahead: Pre-Legislative Conference WVFA T&W Queen: Top 5 Miss WV-USA WVFA events 11 | What’s Cookin’: West Virginia Can’t Afford to Miss Opportunities 12 | NH Energy Markets Get Temp Lifeline 15 | 2017-2018 Hunting Seasons, Dates, and Limits 16 | A.B. Brooks Memorial Forestry Symposium WV Loggers Council News 19 | FRA Appalachian Region to Meet 20 | Logger Council Letter to DC Logger Council Letter & Results 22 | 1928 WV Logging Video WV Public Broadcast Features Huffman Logging Tree Farm News 24 | Mingo Oak 25 | Forest Festival is a Wrap! Message from the ATFS 26 | Has Tree-of-Heaven Met Its Match? 27 | ATFS Forest Roads Reminder Legislation 28 | WV Road Bond Passes – 73% Approval Federal Endangered Species Act Reform Bills 29 | Legislature’s Special Session PAGE 30 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 Mark Haddix, President ........................... Farm Credit Dane Moore, 1st Vice President ..........WV Split Rail Casey Olczak, 2nd Vice President .....Weyer. Timberland Travis Facemyer, Secretary/Treasurer ...Facemyer Lumber Darwin Bergdoll .......................................... Grant County Mulch Bill Burnside ................................................. Burnside Timber Steve Cerullo ..................................................Northwest Hardwoods Rick Dearing ................................................ Pardee Land Company Joe Garrett .................................................... Glatfelter Dan Hackett ........................................................Coastal Timberlands Co. Curt Hassler ................................................. BalkenTier Consulting Daniel Hoke ..................................................Weyer. Timberland John Holstine ............................................... Holstine Consulting LLC Bryan Humphreys ...................................... Humphreys Logging Randall Johnson .........................................WestRock Alan Kennedy ............................................... Columbia Forest Products Ed Kraynok ................................................... Coastal Timberlands Christopher Neal ........................................ CFP Paul Oldham ................................................ AWP Bill Robinson ................................................ Robinson Logging LLC Chris Shields ...............................................Weyerhaeuser James C. Smith ........................................... Jim C. Hamer Company Roger Stoll ....................................................Weyerhaueser Mark Sturgill ................................................. Huffman Logging Nathan Thompson ..................................... Retired Harry Vance .................................................. Harry Vance Logging J.W. Wyatt .....................................................Wyatt Land & Timber Man West Virginia Forestry Association, Inc PO Box 718, Ripley, WV 25271 tel: 304-372-1955 | fax: 304-372-1957 wvfa@wvfa.org PUBLISHER LLM Publications Matthew Smith .............................................Advertising Sales 503-445-2223 |  matthew@llmpubs.com Spencer Seastrom .....................................Design & Layout STAFF Frank Stewart ............................................ Executive Director Aaron Thacker........................................ Office Manager © 2017. 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.