02-14-2008, 12:10 AM
The Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program (VFLEP) is offering an on-line program for private forest landowners of any acreage. This course is intended for forest landowners who have not had substantial experience working alone or with natural resource professionals in the management of their forests. Veteran landowners are welcome to enroll and may take the course as a refresher on basic forest management.
Registration is now open at www.cnr.vt.edu/forestupdate and costs $70. The course itself begins March 10, 2008 and lasts for 12 weeks. Topics include: using aerial photos, topo maps, soil surveys, setting management goals and objectives, pine and hardwood ecology and management, how to work with natural resource professionals, and tree identification. VFLEP Coordinator, Jennifer Gagnon, at the VA Tech College of Natural Resources, notes this comprehensive course is for new and inexperienced landowners, teachers, and anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of basic forest and wildlife management principles and techniques and using this understanding to become better land stewards.
Registration is now open at www.cnr.vt.edu/forestupdate and costs $70. The course itself begins March 10, 2008 and lasts for 12 weeks. Topics include: using aerial photos, topo maps, soil surveys, setting management goals and objectives, pine and hardwood ecology and management, how to work with natural resource professionals, and tree identification. VFLEP Coordinator, Jennifer Gagnon, at the VA Tech College of Natural Resources, notes this comprehensive course is for new and inexperienced landowners, teachers, and anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of basic forest and wildlife management principles and techniques and using this understanding to become better land stewards.