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NCIF Offers Another Lending Source For Southern Loggers
Through what it calls The Sustainable Logging Initiative, the Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF) is making loans to qualified loggers who operate in the organization’s core lending area of the Virginias, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Georgia. NCIF...
Louisiana Field Day Inspires Landowners In Western Longleaf Pine Range
A field day and workshop held on May 23rd at the U.S. Forest Service Kisatchie National Forest Ranger District office near Natchitoches, Louisiana is among the first ventures to spark landowner interest in longleaf pine along the western edge of this species’ historic...
North Carolina City Making Plans For Timber Sale
Mount Airy, North Carolina officials are moving ahead with a plan to sell timber in the city-owned Westwood Industrial Park area. After a recent presentation by a N.C. Forest Service representative, the board of commissioners is seeking to enlist the services of a...
Widespread Damage To Trees Due To Cicada Outbreak In Virginia
Virginia forestry officials are reporting widespread damage to oaks and other trees from this year's arrival of the 17-year cicadas. Tree damage is the result of cicada females laying eggs in the thin-barked outer branches of trees and shrubs. The females slice into...
Virginia Opens Forestry Trade Office In Europe
Virginia is looking to increase agricultural and forestry trade with a new office in Europe. Gov. Bob McDonnell announced the opening of the office Thursday morning in a news release. Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore participated in an...
Southern U.S. Logging Soars To Meet Foreign Biomass Demand
In order to meet the European Union's goal of 20% renewables by 2020, some European utility companies are moving away from coal and replacing it with wood pellet fuel. The idea is simple: trees will regrow and recapture the carbon released in the burning of wood...
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