76739110.1-1128Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016ConservationActivities Administered By Other EntitiesForest Resources And The Department Of ForestryForest Protection For Cities And CountiesAcquisition and administrationCode 1950, § 10-48; 1988, c. 891.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/10.1-1128//10.1-1128/10.1/II/11/4/10.1-112810.1-112910.1-1130Each county, city and town acting through its governing body, is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift or bequest tracts of land suitable for the growth of trees and to administer the same, as well as any lands now owned by any such locality and suitable for the growth of trees, as county, city or town forests.section1