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Texas A&M Forest Service Offers Grant Funds For Prescribed Burning
In an effort to reduce wildfire hazards on private lands, Texas A&M Forest Service is administering grant funding for prescribed burning on private property within 10 miles of a National Forest boundary through the U.S. Forest Service’s Community Protection...
Loggers Forced To Look For Work In Other Places With Alabama Mill Closing
Alabama logger Bobby Collins spoke with uncertainty as he described the options he will be forced to pursue when an Alabama mill closes. In addition to the 1,096 International Paper employees who will be displaced when the Courtland mill closes by late March, the...
Loggers: The “Invisible” Workforce
By Jim Peterson It is 5 a.m. in any given time zone across these United States. While many are hitting the snooze alarm, or enjoying their first cup of coffee, a dedicated group of professionals is already on the job. They are America’s loggers—harvesters of the...
Molpus Woodlands Group To Acquire 73,000 Acres In Alabama
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus), a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has, on behalf of a client, entered into an agreement to purchase approximately 73,000 acres of timberland located north, east, and west of...
Louisiana Forestry Machine Operator Pilot Project Successful
Earlier this year, Louisiana logger Travis Taylor and Louisiana U.S. Forest Service employee Holly Morgan proposed a forestry machine operators’ program in the state. The outgrowth of their suggestions, which included the curriculum, was a pilot project—the first...
Mississippi’s Maple Land and Timber Plans $1.95 Million Expansion
Maple Land and Timber is planning a $1.95 million expansion of its operation in Baldwyn, Miss. The project, which will take place at American Land and Timber, will include construction of a sawmill and 20,000-square-foot production facility. It will create 38 new jobs...
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