Jul 6, 2018 | News, News/PR
John Wigginton, machete at the ready, chopped his way through the thick understory of privet, sumac and blackberry brambles one recent June afternoon. Logging trucks, bunchers and skidders rumbled in the distance. It had rained heavily; mosquitoes and deer flies...
Jul 28, 2017 | News, News/PR
Recently, I had the honor of testifying before the Senate Committee on Agriculture to discuss the future of the Farm Bill’s forestry and conservation tools and how they apply to family forest owners. From the perspective of an Alabama Tree Farmer and avid...
May 26, 2017 | News, News/PR
American Forest Foundation (AFF), International Paper, The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) and 3M Company recently announced the formation of the Carolinas Working Forest Conservation Collaborative a joint initiative in the Coastal Carolinas Plain to educate...
Sep 14, 2016 | News, News/PR
Amid rising numbers of at-risk wildlife in the South, the American Forest Foundation (AFF), a leading forest conservation organization that works with family forest owners, recently released a new report that reveals private and family landowners in the South offer a...
Feb 7, 2014 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Thursday it will spend $30 million this year on forest restoration projects in 12 states to reduce the threat of wildfires, protect water quality and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species. Those first 13 projects...
