Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program

Explore the learning opportunities VFLEP and its partners offer to find the one that's right for you.  

Short Courses

• Face-to-face
• On-line

Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tours

Beginning Landowner Retreats

Conferences and Workshops

• Woods & Wildlife Conferences
• Preparing for Generation NEXT
• Tree Farm Dinners
• Virginia Forestry Summit

The Events Calendar lists all upcoming landowner programs.

On-line registration is available for many programs.

The Virginia Forest Landowner Update is an award-winning quarterly newsletter.  Articles cover a wide variety of topics, including cost share programs, wildlife and timber management, exotic invasive species, and management planning.  Read the current edition; read archived editions. Sign-up to receive your free copy.

Find resources for topics including:

• Threatened and endangered species
• Small woodlots
• Trustworthy publications and links for more information on natural resource management topics.
• VFLEP also maintains a growing list of useful forestry-related Smart Phone Apps
• You can find the state forester who serves your county here.
• You can find a local professional forester here.  

To reach landowners early on in their tenure, the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program (VFLEP) developed the Real Forestry for Real Estate program. This program has three components:

• Welcome to the Woods! A Guide for New Virginia Woodland Owners
• Continuing education classes and field tours for real estate professionals
• Resources for real estate professionals

Listen to Virginia woodland owners share their stories about the impacts of the Virginia Forest  Landowner Education Program on their land managment practices.  View these videos and more on our YouTube Channel.