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Controlled Forest Burning Planned For Next Eight Months On Camp Lejeune
The Camp Lejeune Environmental Management Division has started lighting prescribed burns on forestry parts of the base and plans to do so for the next eight months. The controlled burning is a tool used by forest managers both on- and off-base to help maintain open,...
More Than 26,000 Acres In Virginia Protected From Development In 2012
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation protected 26,375 acres of open space through 127 conservation easements in 2012. The Virginia General Assembly established the foundation in 1966 to encourage the preservation of the commonwealth’s natural and cultural heritage lands....
Florida Hosts International Fire Professionals To Share Ideas On Wildfires, Healthy Forests
More than 8,000 miles from home, fire management officers from Australia and New Zealand recently visited the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida to share techniques and strategies in the use of prescribed fire. “We see how the use of frequent fire intervals helps...
Southern Research Station: Bio-Prospecting In Beetles
Funding from the U.S. Forest Service certainly served its purpose of enhancing undergraduate research at Delta State University (DSU) in Cleveland, Mississippi. Almost three years ago, Tanya McKinney and Ellen Green, associate professors of biology at DSU, started...
Demand For Wood Pellets Could Fuel S.C. Manufacturing
The wood pellet industry in South Carolina is starting to pick up steam with one plant ramping up production and another about to be built. When both facilities are operating, South Carolina will have the capacity to produce about 700,000 tons of pellets annually....
Husqvarna Hosts First Ever ALC-FRA Summit
Leadership from both the American Loggers Council (ALC) and the Forest Resources Association (FRA) met on December 4th, 2012 at a summit hosted by Husqvarna at Husqvarna headquarters located in Charlotte, North Carolina to discuss the many issues that are impacting...
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