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Outdoor Enthusiasts, Military At Odds Over Possible Training In Florida State Forest
Tate’s Hell State Forest, best known for its swamp, seclusion and signature species, may become the site of weekly helicopter drops of up to 50 men, careening Humvees with blacked-out headlights and foraging soldiers made to subsist off the land for seven days. Those...
Georgia Power Rethinks Coal-To-Biomass Conversion
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...
Timberland Donated For North Carolina Forestry Research
A large tract in Wilkes and Caldwell counties donated to the state will be managed by the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) for forestry research, said state officials. Deeds transferring 1,678 acres from Char-Lo Timberlands Inc. to...
Florida Biomass Plant Has Extensive Wood Network
Along a rural stretch of State Road 100 in Putnam County, heavy machinery rumbles across swaths of land, downing scrawny trees and dragging them by the bunch to a chipper. Seconds later, that machine spits out a stream of wood chips into the back of a semi-trailer. It...
Louisiana Logging Company Acquires Land For Log Export Facility
Ralph Stewart Logging LLC plans to open a pine log export facility on 12 acres at the old Louisiana Scrap Metal yard in West Baton Rouge Parish. The company paid $1.75 million for the property at the intersection of La. 1 and Airline Highway. The facility will stage...
Mississippi Forestry Leads State’s $7.35 Billion Ag Industry
Mississippi’s top two agricultural commodities – poultry and forestry – maintained their strength in 2013, but most agronomic crop values took a hit from significantly lower prices than those earned in 2012. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with the...
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