May 30, 2018 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced early signs indicating national forest lands will face a second consecutive year of a severe southern pine beetle outbreak threatening to damage tens of thousands of acres of pine forests in Mississippi. Forest Service scientists...
Aug 21, 2017 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday that it is seeking to contract saw crews to fell trees as part of the efforts to control or stop Southern pine beetle infestations that threaten tens of thousands of acres of pine forests in four national forests in...
Apr 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Alabama Forestry Commission hopes it can assist private landowners in stopping beetle infestations of pine trees. The commission announced this month that it is awarding $160,000 to landowners to use prescribed burns and thinning on their pine stands to stop the...