Background is provided on Virginia’s logging operations, including production levels of certain operations.The 2012 publication was produced by the Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech and Virginia State University) and is based on a 2009 survey of Virginia’s loggers. It is titled “Forest Harvesting in Virginia: Characteristics of Virginia’s Logging Operations”. The authors are S Barrett, J Chandler, C Bolding and J Munsell. There are an estimated 900 logging businesses in Virginia. The publication is structured as follows:
- Introduction – describing Virginia’s forest resources, forest products and logging industry.
- Overview of forest harvesting operations – The basic logging activities of felling, skidding, processing, loading and timber transport are described. The survey results for the different types and quantities of activities and operations are included.
- Products produced on logging operations – Results are presented by pine clearcut, pine thinning, hardwood clearcut and hardwood selective or partial cut. The various products produced are then summarised.
- Forest harvesting operations across Virginia – Operational detail is provided for the different geographical areas of Virginia (Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain and the entire state). This includes average production per crew and number of workers per crew.