Sep 28, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Alabama Forestry Commission’s budget has been cut more than half since 2011, including a 19.6 percent cut this year. Alabama State Forester Greg Pate said the commission couldn’t handle any cuts, especially one so drastic. Pate said the cut will cause...
Sep 29, 2014 | News, News/PR
Deputies from the Talladega County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Talladega man Monday evening after he fired his rifle at a log skidder. According to Investigator Brett Miller, George Morris Jr., 85, was charged with firing into an occupied vehicle. Miller said a...
Aug 2, 2013 | News, News/PR
The summer’s moisture has put a damper on the $21 billion Alabama timber industry. Summer is usually a busy time for the timber industry. “Normally we’ve been in drought conditions, it hasn’t been a lot of moisture in the summertime especially....
Oct 31, 2012 | News, News/PR
Billy Ray Camp, 73, has seen it all working in the logging industry for almost a half-century. “It’s been good to us, but it hasn’t always been easy,” Camp said. Camp said the family logging business is now run by his 38-year-old son, Ray. But the elder Camp can load...