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Virginia Timber Growers, Loggers Riding Wave Of Prosperity
With the recent opening of International Paper's new fluff fiber mill in Isle of Wight County and deals inked for one of two proposed wood-pellet manufacturers, loggers and timber growers are seeing green. Locally, the price of pine wood pulp — the primary product...
Extreme Potential For Wildland Fires Warned In Oklahoma
Oklahoma Forestry Services, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry wants the public to be aware of the increasing potential for extreme wildland fires to occur across much of the state. “Conditions are deteriorating,” said Oklahoma...
Virginia Man Honored For Five Decades In Forestry
Most people would be fortunate enough to have a tree planted and named in their honor. Billy Apperson recently had a whole forest of rare trees named after him. Apperson, a York County resident and long-time James City Bruton Volunteer Firefighter, recently retired...
Forest Engineering Professionals To Meet In Historic New Bern, NC
The Council on Forest Engineering (COFE) will hold its 35th annual meeting September 10-12, 2012 in New Bern, North Carolina at the Doubletree Riverfront Hotel. The theme of the meeting is “Engineering New Solutions for Energy Supply and Demand”. The local host of the...
South Carolinians Cashing In On Tree Farm Project
Money really does grow on trees, especially if those trees are on your property. You could be sitting on top of a gold mine if you have a few spare acres lying around. Timber and trees have made some in South Carolina millionaires. It's a 17 billion dollar industry...
Southern Company Brings Nation’s Largest Biomass Power Plant Online
Southern Company recently announced that the nation's largest biomass plant is putting electricity on the grid in Texas. Southern Company President, Chairman and CEO Thomas A. Fanning joined state and local dignitaries at the company's Nacogdoches Generating Facility...
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