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USFS Taking Action On Invasive Species
The U.S. Forest Service announced on December 5 the publication of its first ever national-level direction on the management of invasive species across aquatic and terrestrial areas of the National Forest System. “Invasive species cost…
Arkansas Forestry Commission Hit Hard By Budget Cuts
The Arkansas Forestry Commission announced on December 5 the layoff of 36 workers in January due to a $4 million shortfall in its budget citing declining timber sales, the agency overseeing fire protection and conservation…
Alabama “Truck Safety Days” Continue With Good Results
The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) and the Alabama Loggers Council (ALC) recently initiated a log truck safety campaign aimed at eliminating log truck accidents. The program, “Logging Zero Accidents,” began with a series of truck…
Enviva Announces Wood Pellet Facility In Virginia
Enviva LP, a leading manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe, announced on December 1 that it is planning to build a 454,000 metric ton wood pellet manufacturing facility in Courtland,…
Senate Proposes Cutting Wildland Fire Prevention Fund After Record Decade Of Destructive Fires
A group of nine western Senators are ringing the alarm about a 2012 proposal to cut support from two wildland fire prevention programs, the Hazardous Fuels and State Fire Assistance programs. These critical programs provide…
First Biomass Fuel Load Delivered To Southern Company
Southern Company received its first fuel load delivery November 1 at the Nacogdoches (Texas) Generating Facility owned by its subsidiary Southern Power. The plant is expected to be the largest biomass facility in the U.S.…
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