Woody Thrasher (left)

BUCKHANNON — Community members, landowners and wood industry representatives gathered together to welcome West Virginia Division of Forestry’s Region 3 headquarters to Buckhannon. The Region 3 headquarters is the first new office to open since the Division of Forestry converted its former three-region system to six in October. …Division of Forestry Director Barry Cook explained that, under the Forestry’s previous three-region system, the territories were too large for foresters and residents to get to know each other. Now the six region system will allow stronger communications between the foresters and community members.