The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservationat Virginia Tech is dedicated to providing high-quality continuing education programs to the public and industry based on the latest research. Continuing education offers opportunities for you to stay at the front of your field  or expand your knowledge of new and emerging fields. We have a series of ongoing programs (listed below), as well as offering workshops and conferences through Virginia Tech’s Continuing Education Center on everything from urban forest inventories to water quality BMPs.

Complete Calendar from VT’s Continuing Education Center

Programs for Foresters,  Landowners, and Industry

• Forest Landowner Education (web-based and classroom courses available) 
• Geospatial Extension Program
• Virginia Metadata Training
• GPS for Foresters and Loggers
• Introduction to GIS 
• SHARP Logger
• SHARP Logger Core Programs 

Programs for K-12 Teachers

• Virginia Big Tree Program
• Remarkable Trees of Virginia Program
• Forestry Outreach Site (FORSite)
• 4-H and Youth
• Master Naturalist
• Project Learning Tree
• Watershed Education 

Programs for the General Public

• Master Naturalist
• Virginia Big Tree Program
• Remarkable Trees of Virginia Program