Jul 11, 2018 | News, News/PR
Mountain Top Timber Products will invest $3.76 million in a long-abandoned industrial building in Dungannon to expand the company’s woodchipping operations and add a sawmill and dry kiln capacity. Over the next three years, the company expects to create 50 jobs and...
May 10, 2018 | News, News/PR
Canfor Southern Pine, a leading integrated forest products company, will invest $40 million to upgrade its existing sawmill in Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina. A leading manufacturer of high-quality Southern yellow pine lumber, Canfor Southern Pine operates 14...
Nov 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced two planning grants have been awarded from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund. The Commonwealth awarded a total of $40,947 to projects by Fauquier & Loudoun Counties and Clarke County to...
May 31, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell recently announced over $8.3 million to substantially expand and accelerate wood products and wood energy markets. Federal funds will leverage almost $37 million in matching funds from 36 business, university, nonprofit, and...
Apr 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Editor’s Note: The first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, catalyzed a wave of laws to protect the environment and natural resources. Here Thomas Straka, a professor of forest economics and management and former industrial forester, answers questions about the current...