Jun 8, 2018 | News, News/PR
A major Wiregrass project is getting a $500,000 grant to speed it along. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently announced a community development block grant to assist Rex Lumber Co. in constructing a $110 million sawmill operation in Pike County that will employ 110 people....
Mar 31, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Alabama Forestry Commission is working with Wiregrass timber owners to try to save the timber industry from the outbreak of Ips Bark Beetles. “Ips Bark Beetles are hitting our pines very hard,” said Alabama Forestry Commission Forestry Specialist Brady Dunn. “The...
Jun 20, 2016 | News, News/PR
More than 1,000 acres of the Blackwater River, Pine Log and Point Washington state forests have increased in biodiversity during the past three years due to an ongoing Florida Forest Service reforestation project. The longleaf pine ecosystem is experiencing a rebirth...