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WV Division of Forestry urges caution during dry winter conditions
Spring Fire Season begins March 1 CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Department of Forestry (WV DOF) urges West Virginians to be c...
Read More >>Kanawha County Woman convicted on felony charges following Horsemill Hollow Wildfire
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Division of Forestry’s Special Operations Unit Investigator John Bird arrested a Kanawha County...
Read More >>October 1 marks the start of fall fire season
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Fall fire season starts Saturday, October 1, and continues through December 31. The West Virginia the Division of F...
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Division of Forestry
Ginseng season 2022 has begun
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Ginseng harvest season is now open and will continue through Wednesday, November 30. Observing the legal season and r...
Read More >>West Virginia Forestry dispatches members to fight fires in Northern California
CHARLESTON, WV — Today, a crew dispatched by the West Virginia Division of Forestry (WV DOF) to contain fires in northern California has ...
Read More >>Forest Stewardship Program sign-up period now open
CHARLESTON, WV — The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF) announced that the sign-up period for the Forest Stewardship Program b...
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Division of Forestry
WV Div. of Forestry urging West Virginians to take caution while burning outdoors, follow all spring fire season guidelines
CHARLESTON, WV — Following a series of fires throughout West Virginia, the Division of Forestry (WVDOF) is urging West Virginians to take...
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Division of Forestry
WV spring fire season, burning restrictions return March 1
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — The start of West Virginia’s annual spring fire season on Tuesday marks the return of burning restrictions, in...
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Division of Forestry
October 1 is the start of fall fire season, West Virginia residents urged to follow burning guidelines
CHARLESTON, WV — Fall fire season starts Friday, Oct. 1, and continues through Dec. 31. The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF) re...
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Division of Forestry
WV 2021 ginseng season starts Sept. 1
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Ginseng harvest season opens Wednesday, Sept. 1, and continues through Tuesday, Nov. 30. Observing the legal season a...
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Division of Forestry
WV Division of Forestry subdues fire in Pendleton County
CHARLESTON, WV — After several days of battling the blaze, the West Virginia Division of Forestry declared the South Mill Creek fire in &...
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Division of Forestry
West Virginia Forestry dispatches members to fight fires in Minnesota
CHARLESTON, WV — The West Virginia Division of Forestry (WV DOF) has dispatched two crews to contain fires in Minnesota. A crew with eigh...
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