Richard Barge Thrived With Timberlands Charles Richard Barge, better known as Richard, a longtime leader and innovator in timberlands management and who helped to build a modern sawmill in the late 1980s, and who was highly honored by the...
Mississippi Loggers Assn. Leads U.S. In Log-A-Load Funds Mississippi’s forests are a source of growing support for the state’s only children’s hospital. In 2024, the Mississippi Loggers Assn. (MLA) raised a record $320,050 for Children’s of...
No Weight Increase For Alabama Trucks A bill that was originally written to allow log trucks to carry more weight per axle on Alabama highways, as sought by the state’s forest products sector, underwent substantial changes in the Alabama Senate in...
Tracy Gunter Left Legacy Of Leadership Tracy C. Gunter, Jr., long respected for his leadership in the logging industry, and owner of Tracy’s Logging, Leesville, SC, died March 23. He was 84. In October 1997, in the 25th anniversary issue of...
Enviva Closing Amory Mill in Mississippi Emerging from bankruptcy in late 2024, Enviva announced in early February that it was closing its Amory pellet plant in northeast Mississippi. The Amory facility was the company’s first plant operated in...
FS: Southern Pulpwood Output Continues Decline Despite a Fastmarkets RISI projection that 2024 will show a 2% gain in overall U.S. pulp and paper wood usage, a report in the Fastmarkets RISI North American Woodfiber & Biomass Markets...
