Wise County Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tour, 9 October | Event in Wise | AllEvents

Wise County Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tour

Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program

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Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am

9 hours

Lowe's Home Improvement (201 Woodland Drive S.W, Wise, VA)

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Date & Location

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am to 05:00 pm (EDT)

Lowe's Home Improvement (201 Woodland Drive S.W, VA)

207 Southmark Rd SW, Wise, VA 24293, United States

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Wise County Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tour
$25/person; $40/couple - includes transportation and lunch

Wise County is full of forests - 170,000 acres in fact. From the beauty of the Guest River Gorge, to the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, these forests are an important part of the history and development of this remote Virginia county. On this tour we’ll see the unique income opportunities developed in Wise as well as active hardwood forest management. Oh, and the views!!

Stop 1: South Fork Farms Sugar House. This privately-owned facility evolved from 10 taps and a propane cooker to a full-scale sugar house in less than 10 years. We’ll take a guided tour of this delicious operation.

Stop 2: Mullican Flooring. On this tour of a solid hardwood flooring manufacturing facility we will see the lumber handling, drying yard, pre-driers, dry kilns, ripping, and flooring manufacturing production lines using white oak, red oak, and specialty species.

Stop 3: High Knob Destination Center. Catered lunch.

Stop 4: High Knob Lookout Tower. Get a bird’s eye view of the surrounding land uses in the region. While at the top we’ll also visit a high-elevation hardwood forest to look at regeneration and young forest habitat. We’ll discuss storm damage and salvage operations.

Stop 5: Flag Rock Recreation Center. We’ll finish the tour exploring green salamander habitat and perhaps even find some of these little critters.

For more information contact:
Bill Worrell, 276-889-8056, YndvcnJlbGwgfCB2dCAhIGVkdQ==
Please register by noon, Thursday October 2

Image courtesy of Wise County, Virginia


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Wise County Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tour, 9 October | Event in Wise | AllEvents
Wise County Fall Forestry & Wildlife Field Tour
Thu, 09 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am