Jan 30, 2017 | News, News/PR
It goes without saying that in order to fulfill our mission of conserving and sustaining Alabama’s 23.1 million acres of working forestland, the Alabama Forestry Commission must also be good stewards of our state’s 132,419 miles of streams, rivers and reservoirs. We...
Jun 9, 2014 | News, News/PR
Georgia-Pacific is studying plans to invest an estimated $55 million at its Gurdon, Ark., lumber and plywood operations, a move that positions the company for continued growth. Steps required to complete the plans are in the final stages, which include an engineering...
Apr 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two federal agencies are investigating whether the managers of N.C. State University’s massive Hofmann Forest violated the Clean Water Act by illegally draining wetlands. An N.C. State University foundation is in the midst of selling the 79,000-acre forest to a...
Jan 13, 2014 | News, News/PR
In 2014, Georgia Power will file a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to decertify Plant Mitchell Unit 3 in Albany, Georgia. Further, the company will cancel the previously proposed conversion of the coal-fired unit to biomass after an extensive...
Aug 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
Appalachian State University Department of Technology and Environmental Design professors David Domermuth and Ok-Youn Yu have received a $45,000 grant from the N.C. Agricultural Foundation for a project to economically convert biomass to biofuel and useful biochar....
