Spring fires damaged 29 homes and 28 structures, with DOF suppression efforts credited with protecting an additional 750 homes and 400 structures. Wildfire activity peaked on March 20, when especially low relative humidity combined with gusty winds to spark 88 wildfires in less than 24 hours. DOF responded to 411 wildfires that burned nearly 20,000 acres, the most burned during a spring fire season in the last 30 years. For comparison, during the 2023 spring fire season, 330 wildfires burned 2,174 acres.

West Point Veneer LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coldwater Veneer Incorporated that supplies quality veneer products worldwide, plans to invest $2.5 million to reactivate its former manufacturing facility in the Town of West Point to meet growing demand in the global wood veneer market, according to Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF) has a new program that provides landowners free, flexible riparian forest buffer installation plus one year of maintenance. The Riparian Forests for Landowners (RFFL) program is a unique watershed-based partnership.

Prince William County has announced it will have New Inspection Guidelines for Commercial Projects that will go into effect April 29, 2024

Prince William County is seeking comments from community members about the proposed Indoor Sports & Events Center tonight, April 10, at the Ben Lomond Pat White Center (The Barn )just off Sudley Manor Drive at 10501 Copeland Drive, in Manassas. Meeting is 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The goals of this fire are to maintain wildlife habitat and control woody and invasive species. This will be the park’s second prescribed fire following a successful burn in April 2018.

Said Governor Glenn Youngkin. “In rescuing America’s most historic home and pioneering the preservation space, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association embodies what it means to uplift the spirit of Virginia, and we thank them for their past and ongoing efforts.”

Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced that CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), a leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information, and analytics for commercial and residential property markets, will invest $20 million to relocate its global headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Arlington County.