Duties
The VDOF is charged with the protection of the forest resources from fire. The principle goals of the Forest Protection Program are to prevent injury or loss of human life, minimize property damage and protect resources. The activity falls into six components:
- Forest Fire Suppression
- Forest Fire Prevention
- Prescribed Fire Management
- Law Enforcement
- Woodland/Urban Interface Initiative
- Non-Fire Emergency Readiness and Response
The Department provides technical assistance to private landowners to assist them in managing their forest land for forest products, water quality, protection of threatened and endangered species, historic resources and wildlife habitat; provides marketing and utilization assistance to forest industry and provides technical assistance in managing state owned lands of other agencies. This activity falls into five components:
- technical assistance and resource management plans,
- forest renewal
- cost-share incentives
- harvesting assistance
- community grant assistance
Read more about this topic: Virginia Department Of Forestry
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