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The Division of Forestry supports individuals, businesses and municipalities in Vermont in their efforts to be stewards of the forest by providing education, consultation and technical assistance.

Individuals

County Forester Program: Your County Foresters are available to provide information, technical assistance and outreach to the people of Vermont about managing and stewarding forestland.

Businesses

Utilization Program: Your Marketing and Utilization Foresters are available to assist Vermont’s wood products industry with the economic and technical aspects of wood availability and processing-from the forest to the finished product, including the use of wood for energy.

Urban and Community Forester, Dave Wilcox, instructs on how to make a proper pruning cut.

Municipalities

Urban and Community Forestry Program: Your Urban and Community Foresters are available to assist Vermont communities in the planning, planting and managing of their urban forest resource.

County Foresters Program: Your Vermont County Foresters can assist municipalities with the planning and management of their town forests.

The Portable Skidder Bridge Initiative provides opportunities for loggers and landowners to utilize these bridges to best protect water quality during timber harvesting.

Watershed Forestry Program

Watershed Forestry: The Watershed Forester assists with the Governor’s Clean and Clear Action Plan in addressing non-point pollution sources by providing technical assistance, education and outreach about the importance of protecting forest water quality.

Forest Protection Entomologist, Trish Hanson, takes a closer look at an insect.

Resource Protection

Forest Resource Protection Program: Your Resource Protection Foresters monitor forest condition and protect resource loss from wildfire, outbreaks of diseases and insect pests, and other major disturbances.

Forest Biology Laboratory: The laboratory provides forest health assessments and management through research, public education and extension activities, including maintaining insect and disease records, and responding to requests for diagnoses and recommendations.

State Forest Stewardship

State Lands: Your State Lands Foresters are working hard to protect and enhance over 300,000 acres of state-owned forests. They are available to discuss the planning and implementation of their stewardship work.

State lands forester, Michael Johnson, measures the diameter of a tree.