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Virginia Firefighters Respond To 127 Wildfires Across The State
Friday's high winds caused several fires across the state. Since Friday, Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) firefighters responded to 127 fires that covered about 690 acres across the state. Forestry crews say the largest fire covered more than 302 acres. Crews...
Canfor Plans $120 Million Georgia Sawmill
Canadian lumber giant Canfor Corp. has announced plans to build a $120 million (USD), state-of-the-art sawmill in Washington, Georgia. The new softwood lumber mill will have a production capacity of 275 million board feet and produce high-value dimension and specialty...
Georgia-Pacific To Build $135 Million Sawmill In Georgia
Georgia-Pacific announced it will build a 340,000-square-foot softwood lumber mill in Warrenton, Georgia. Construction of the $135 million technologically advanced facility is scheduled to begin this summer, with an anticipated startup in spring 2019. The new lumber...
Auburn University Chosen For Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program
For the first time in its history, the national Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program is providing training in the eastern United States, and it is doing so at the Auburn University Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center in Andalusia. The training course, also...
Drax Biomass Moving Corporate Headquarters To Louisiana
Drax Biomass, which operates two Louisiana wood pellet manufacturing facilities as well as a shipping operation in the Port of Baton Rouge, will move its corporate headquarters from Atlanta to Monroe. Company President Pete Madden said the move allows Drax "to shift...
Arkansas Government Asks 120 Sawmills To Participate In Survey
Arkansas will ask 120 of its active sawmills to participate in a survey, which will allow it to construct year-end harvest and production reports. "The Timber Products Output Survey (TPO) helps us better understand the forest industry, and increases the visibility and...
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