Summary could include
- analyzing forestry in Virginia throughout history
- timber harvest and use
- land clearing for agriculture
- loss from overcutting following colonization or wars
- effects of the Civil War
- abandoned agricultural land during the Great Depression
- increasing development
- loss of the American chestnut in the forests
- use or restriction of wildland fire on species composition and structure
- describing the establishment of state and national forests
- examining conservation efforts.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What effect did chestnut blight have on Virginia's forests?
- What were Virginia's forests like before European colonization?
- How did the conservation movement affect Virginia's forests?
- How have historical events affected the local forest?