Jul 18, 2018 | News, News/PR
Virginia set a new record for the volume of timber harvested with slight increases in both hardwood and softwood volume compared to the previous year, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry’s analysis of the Virginia Forest Products Tax receipts from Fiscal...
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...
Nov 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
Lumber mill Rock Wood Products will invest $8.75 million to expand its sawmill operation. Creating 12 new jobs, the investment will go toward new machinery and technology – increasing production. Rock Wood Products was formed in 2014 by parent company John Rock Inc.,...
Sep 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
In Crimora on Monday, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced investments in the state’s Department of Forestry amid protests over the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Governor McAuliffe announced money for two programs in the Department of Forestry. One is designed...
Nov 19, 2014 | News, News/PR
Over the objection of environmental groups and Virginia’s governor, a federal management plan released Tuesday will allow a form of natural gas drilling known as fracking to occur in parts of the largest national forest on the East Coast. The U.S. Forest Service...