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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…
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…
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,…
Conservation Groups, U.S. Forest Service Reach Agreement On N.C. Logging Project
Conservation groups reached an agreement with the Forest Service that will allow the agency to move forward with the controversial Courthouse Creek timber sale. The agreement reduces the size of the timber sale, removing logging…
Retiring Alabama State Forester Broke Barriers In Forestry, Timber Harvesting
A country girl who grew up loving the great outdoors, Linda Casey, retiring Alabama State Forester, majored in forestry and wildlife management at Virginia Tech and had her eyes set on a career in one…
SFI & AFF Announce Innovative Project To Promote N.C. Longleaf Pine Conservation
The future of Southern U.S. forests depends in large part on decisions made today by family forest owners, who account for 62 percent of privately owned forestland in the region. To help promote responsible forestry…
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