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WELCOME

ABOUT US

COMMITTED TO PROMOTING POSITIVE LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Our Mission Statement

To advance the interests of major land and mineral owners in West Virginia by:

  • Promoting the use of land management practices that enhance the long-term economic interests of the local communities affected by those practices;

 

  • Working with diverse stakeholder groups (government agencies, environmental organizations, trade associations, property and mineral lessees, and local community groups) to address public issues that affect land and mineral ownership.

The Association

The association was established by concerned West Virginians who recognized the need for a collective voice to protect and advance the interests of the land and mineral owners within our state. We are the only organization positioned to monitor and actively defend the interests of land and mineral owners within West Virginia. Membership adds strength to our voice.

The West Virginia Land and Mineral Owners (WVLMOA) is committed to promoting positive land management practices, to lobbying public issues that affect land and mineral ownership and to providing members with valuable educational and networking opportunities that can increase their effectiveness in the natural resource marketplace.

For more information contact our Executive Director, Michael Haid, at michael@maplecreative.com or 304.951.9460.

2024 CALENDAR

Oil and Gas meetings are to be held at 2025 Quarrier Street in Charleston. There is two hour parking on Michigan Street. Quarrier Street is residential permit parking only.

2024 Annual Meeting

GO WV

2024 Annual Meeting

Hatfield McCoy Trails

2024 Annual Meeting

Green Assets

2024 Annual Meeting

Michael Stuck

2024 Annual Meeting

Potesta

2024 Fall Seminar

Mark Double

2024 Fall Seminar

Eriks Brolis

2024 Fall Seminar

Living Carbon

Presentations

MEMBERSHIP

Jeff Allen

Pardee Resources Group

Ron Potesta

Potesta & Associates

Bob Hart

Hart Petro Global

Rich Flanigan

NRP

Chris Fife

Weyerhaeuser

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Joe Bevil

Beaver Coal Co.

VICE PRESIDENT

Torrey Evans

Dingess-Rum Properties

SECRETARY

Lewis Payne

Payne Gallatin Co.

TREASURER

Becky Kessler

Law Office of Larry George

PAST PRESIDENT

Phil Montague

Cole & Crane Real Estate

COAL CHAIR

Lantz Rankin

Heritage Technical Associates

FORESTRY CHAIR

Terry Elkins

Dickinson Group

OIL & GAS CHAIR

Doug Douglass

CSI, Inc.

OFFICERS

A.M. Prichard Trust

Amherst Industries, Inc.

Bear Mountain Land Company

Beaver Coal Company

BlueSource Sustainable Forests Company

Broun Properties

Cole & Crane Real Estate

Dingess-Rum Properties

Golden Eagle Land Company, LLC

H.A. Robson Trust

Idale S. Buskirk Trust

LML Properties

Lawson Heirs Incorporated

Logan Coal & Timber Corp.

Mingo Oil & Gas Co.

Morris Mountaineer Oil & Gas, LLC

Natural Resource Partners, LP

PRC Holdings

Pardee Resources Group

Payne-Gallatin Mining Co.

Pocahontas Land Corp.

Rex Coal Land Co.

Southern Land Co.

The Dickinson Group

Weyerhaeuser

Windom Law Offices, PLLC

Wright Holdings

LANDOWNERS

Allegheny Surveys, Inc.

American Forest Management, Inc.

Bowles Rice, LLP

C.L. Ritter / Hess, Stewart & Campbell, PLLC

C.L. Ritter / Huddleston Bolen

C.L. Ritter Lumber Co.

Campbell Woods, PLLC

DT Midstream, Inc.

First Surety Corp.

GO West Virginia, Inc.

Gaddy Engineering

Garland Fork, LLC

Green Assets

Hart & Associates

Heritage Habitat & Forestry

Heritage Technical Associates, Inc.

Howard Engineering

Law Offices of Larry W. George

Mountain State Insurance Agency, Inc.

Potesta & Associates, Inc.

Reserve Oil & Gas, Inc.

Robinson & McElwee

Spilman, Thomas & Battle

Suttle & Stalnaker, PLLC

Thomas Persinger, PLLC

Vass Engineering & Mineral Appraisals, PLLC

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Your membership is vitally important to advancing the rights of land, surface, and mineral owners in West Virginia.

COMMITTEES

DEDICATED TO REPRESENTING, PRESERVING AND PROTECTING MEMBERS' INTERESTS

Coal

The Coal Committee does a great job of keeping members up to speed on current market conditions, environmental threats, legal developments and current legislation that impacts natural resource development.

— Lantz Rankin, Coal Committee Chair

Forestry

The goal of the Forestry Committee is to stay abreast of current / pending issues affecting all aspects of forestland ownership and to provide guidance and leadership to the association through our involvement with the Board of Directors and the Legislative Strategy Committee. Another important focus of the committee is providing educational opportunities which help us facilitate the creation of a learning environment for our members.

— Terry Elkins, Forestry Committee Chair

Oil & Gas

The mission of the oil and gas committee is to improve the return on landowners' oil and natural gas resources through increased exploration and production of oil and gas. The goal is to minimize waste and to preserve, protect, advance and represent the interests and rights of mineral and royalty owners through education, advocacy and assistance to our members.

— Doug Douglas, Oil & Gas Committee Chair

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