“No one should live in this world for himself alone, but to do good for those who come after him.” These are the words that Lue Gim Gong lived by. When he was only 12…
Ronald Reagan once justified logging with “a tree is a tree; how many more do you need to look at?” Besides, he warned, “trees cause more pollution than automobiles.” We cringed at his biases. Yet…
The drive to develop crops for use as biofuel continues to raise questions about additional uses of forest land. A cutting edge computer model developed at North Carolina State University offers detailed insight to predict…
A wildlife partnership seeking to protect the Eastern Diamondback rattlesnake accomplished a great feat Wednesday when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the snake might qualify for the Endangered Species Act. Last August,…
Forest Resources Association Chairman Dick Carmical recently announced that FRA had hired Deb Hawkinson to replace FRA President Richard Lewis, effective as of Lewis’s scheduled retirement on July 2, 2012. “The FRA Officer Search Team…
There have been very few scientific studies on the outdoor activities of children and youth. The few that have been published are relatively small, surveying less than 500 individuals. In 2007, to address an important…
Even in the best of times, farming in Louisiana has always been a risky business; a gamble on rainfall, storm events, and fluctuations in the price of crops, chemicals, equipment and fuel. Rather than pinning…
The University of Georgia Center for Forest Business recently received a data collection program from forest industry consulting firm Forisk Consulting. The firm donated its Wood Demand Research Program, which tracks and analyzes the consumption…
In response to increasing demand for more accurate and up-to-date wildfire risk information across the state, Texas Forest Service established the Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Project (TWRA). The goal of the project is to provide…
A first-of-its-kind regional assessment for woody biomass in Southeastern North Carolina is moving into its third and final phase. Conducted in partnership with the Biofuels Center of North Carolina, the study has focused attention on…
Wayne Ford, former Tuscaloosa County Extension System coordinator, was recently inducted into the Alabama Foresters Hall of Fame. Ford is best known for coaching the Tuscaloosa County Natural Resources Club to 13 national championships in…
Forestry machines come in all shapes and sizes. In many, the operator sits in a cab with windows that are usually made of polycarbonate, a heavy-duty plastic that provides protection from heat, air, dust, and…
I look forward to reading Southern Logging Times with my son each month. This stories and pictures in this publication provide many learning opportunities for us both and we get a few good laughs from the bulletin board.
— Josh Washington, Washington Bros. Inc.