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Little Walker Mountain, a wildland in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of western Virginia, has been recognized by the Wilderness Society as a special place worthy of protection from logging and road construction. The Wilderness Society has designated the area as a "Mountain Treasure".
A whoopie sling is an easily adjustable rope sling designed for tree pruning or tree removal. [1] [2] The whoopie sling works by wrapping the sling around the trunk of a tree or a heavy load bearing limb and pulling the end of the rope within the sling through a spliced choker. By adjusting the size of the eye in the rope through the choker the ...
Cut-to-length logging (CTL) is a mechanized harvesting system in which trees are delimbed and cut to length directly at the stump. [1] CTL is typically a two-man, two-machine operation with a harvester felling, delimbing, and bucking trees and a forwarder transporting the logs from the felling to a landing area close to a road accessible by ...
Moore's Creek State Forest is a 2,353-acre state forest in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Access to the trailhead is via US Forest Service road off State Route 612 in southwestern Rockbridge County. Access to the trailhead is via US Forest Service road off State Route 612 in southwestern Rockbridge County.
Local authorities and emergency workers in Virginia monitored a landslide near the Big Cherry Reservoir in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, on Tuesday, February 26.This drone footage shows a view of the ...
They are managed by the Virginia Department of Forestry. [1] The system was created to manage and maintain forests for wildlife, timber production, recreation, water quality, and aesthetics. The system receives no taxpayer funds, and is self-supported by the sale of forest products. [2] Most Virginia state forests are accessible to the public.
Boundary of North Creek wildland as identified by the Wilderness Society. [1]The area, located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia about 7 miles northeast of Buchanan, Virginia, is between the Blue Ridge Parkway on the east, Middle Creek Road (Rt. 3101) on the west and Parkers Gap Road (Va 612) on the north.
In 1998, the Public Utilities Commission introduced a new area code and split the region geographically; 209 north through Modesto and Stockton and 559 to the south through Fresno, Madera, Kings ...