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Industrial Timber Invests $1.5 Million To Expand Mississippi Facilities
Industrial Timber, a manufacturer of wood furniture frames, will invest $1.5 million to expand operations at its facilities in Shannon and Ripley, Mississippi. Both expansion projects will create 80 jobs Lee and Tippah Counties. Industrial Timber is adding a new...
U.S. Forestry Industry Experiences Move To The South
The forestry industry in the United States has shifted from the Pacific Northwest to the South during the past two decades, all thanks to owls. Rich Vlosky, director of the LSU AgCenter’s Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, said national forests in the West...
U.S. Forest Service “Kids In The Wood” Program Exposes Georgia Students To Nature
On a brisk morning in north Georgia, U.S. Forest Service employees prepared for a “Kids in the Wood”’ excursion to Scull Shoals with students from the local Union Point STEAM (STEM plus the arts) Academy and Elementary School, the first rural K-8 STEAM school in...
Arkansas Timber Industry: Demand Rises, Workforce Numbers Fall
Some in the Arkansas timber industry say they see demand for forest products slowly increasing but fear that a workforce decimated by recession won’t be able to meet that demand. The timber industry in the state has been down so long — Arkansas Business’ headlines...
Mississippi State University Forest Serves As A Research And Teaching Site
Scientists at Mississippi State University are transforming a piece of property in Oktibbeha County into a unique habitat for conducting research and teaching best land management practices. In this forest, wildlife habitat and timber production are intertwined. Deer,...
Wildfire In West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest Partially Contained
Firefighters have reached 50 percent containment in a weeklong forest fire at the Monongahela National Forest in Pendleton County, officials said. The fire started Nov. 10 in the Monongahela National Forest and has grown to about 1,600 acres but the cause still is...
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