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U.S. Forest Service Report: Forest Resources Of The Lower Mississippi Valley
A new report from the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides the first comprehensive estimates of forest resources of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) since 1986. Published by the Forest Service Southern Research Station...
LSU-Alexandria Education Majors Learn About Forestry
Education majors at Louisiana State University (LSU) at Alexandria learned to incorporate the state’s landscape into their classrooms thanks to Project Learning Tree. State forester Wade Dubea hosted an all-day workshop Tuesday about the national program that...
South Carolina Logging, Building Bogged Down By Rain
Mother Nature has not been very nurturing to the South Carolina logging, construction and lumber industries recently, with building projects being delayed and loggers struggling to find dry, harvestable land. Neal Branan, president of Orangeburg’s Branan Lumber, said...
Conservationists’ Report Links North Carolina Pellet Mills With Wetland Clear-Cutting
Sensitive North Carolina wetland forests are threatened by Europe’s voracious appetite for wood pellets, two environmental groups say in a new report that targets the Enviva pellet mill in Ahoskie. The report warns that wetland hardwoods around Ahoskie are more likely...
Weyerhaeuser To Restart South Alabama Mill
Weyerhaeuser today announced it will begin plans to restart production on its Trus Joist TJI joists and Microllam LVL lines in Evergreen, Alabama, effective immediately. The company will be investing capital in the engineered lumber products facility after a four-year...
Help Us Carry Out The Southern Loggin’ Times 500 40/40 Plan
Southern Loggin’ Times will turn 500 (as in issues) next May and the editors have come up with what we believe is an appropriate way to mark the special occasion. The SLT 500 40/40 Plan has two components: A. Since there is so much concern about current logging...
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