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Georgia’s Rollcast Energy Project Awarded Woody Biomass Utilization Grant
Rollcast Energy, a developer of clean, renewable bioenergy projects, recently announced that its Greenway Renewable Power project in LaGrange, GA has been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the U.S. Forest Service Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program. “We’re...
GA Governor’s Executive Order: USGBC Unfairly Awards Wood Certification Credit
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) applauds the Governor of Georgia for urging broader recognition of forest certification standards. An executive order signed on August 10 by Governor Nathan Deal promotes the use of products from responsibly managed...
Mississippi County Suing Wood Pellet Company For Breach Of Contract
An Aug. 13 trial date was set in U.S. District Court in Jackson in a breach-of-contract lawsuit by Pike County against a wood pellet company that never built a promised mill. The Enterprise-Journal reports Indeck Energy Services of Buffalo Grove, Ill., bought land...
Mississippi Pine Beetle Infestations Double
The Mississippi Forestry Commission says the first Southern pine beetle outbreak to hit southwest Mississippi in nearly 20 years has apparently doubled in size and shows no signs of slowing. The Enterprise-Journal reports that officials are urging landowners in...
West Virginia Crew Helping Battle Wildfires In South Dakota
A 20-person crew left West Virginia recently heading for Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota, an area where wildfires have been causing problems for firefighters in the area, said Leslie Fitzwater, Division of Forestry spokeswoman. "Typically when the fires...
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...
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