| Hot and Dry in Virginia |
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| It's been two weeks since Governor McDonnell warned Virginians about the dangers of fire during our hot, dry summer. The threat continues to be a real one.The eastern portion of Virginia shows KBDI above 600, and central Virginia is above 500. The dry conditions and lack of forecast rain have prompted many localities to enact burn bans to reduce wildfire risk.Open burning isn't our only potential cause of wildfire. Machinery operating in brown grass or dry fields can produce a spark that will ig |
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| Healthy Watershed Through a Healthy Forest Initiative |
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| The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has awarded the VDOF a $400,000 grant to introduce a sustainable forestry demonstration project in Central Virginiaâ??s South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir Watershed that will link landownersâ?? financial interests and their forestland management practices in this area to urban consumers of the municipal water supply to influence landowner behavior in a way that reduces the costs of both urban and rural users of the water resource.â??Expensive, engi |
| 06-Mar-10 12:00 AM http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/VirginiaForests/~3/6V8F3M6SaY ... |
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