Canaan Valley is uniquely located close to many different vegetation types in West Virginia. The high elevation and accompanying high rainfall also allow some uncommon tree residents. This presentation will brief the audience on local forest cover types and some of the common species. Dr. Dave McGill is a professor and Extension specialist for the West Virginia University. Since 2001, he has developed programs in forestry outreach education for private forestland owners in West Virginia and conducted a broad range of applied forestry research. His WVU Extension assignment takes him around the state to teach landowner and nature enthusiasts concepts of basic forest science and management. On campus, Dave teaches and co-teaches courses in forest fire control, global forest resources course and vegetation of West Virginia. Prior to his position at WVU, he worked as a natural hardwoods silviculture scientist for Westvaco Corporation, focusing on forest regeneration in southeastern West Virginia and supported the company’s Populus genetics research team and pine provenance testing and research. He has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer working in arid land forestry in Niger, West Africa. Dr. McGill received his doctorate in forest resources from Penn State, master’s degree in forestry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and bachelor’s degree in natural resources management from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He is a long-standing member in the Society of American Foresters and participates in the International Union of Forest Research Organization’s (IUFRO) Small-Scale Forestry Group.