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Drought Conditions Causing Concerns For Virginia Farmers, Forestry Department
Dry conditions in our area are making it dangerous. Farmers said they are seeing the impacts of the drought due to the continued dry and dead grass and windy conditions. "We are in relatively high drought conditions in the Southside, Pittsylvania County in...
Enviva’s Latest Track & Trace Data Confirm Southern Forest Growth
Enviva, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, recently released its latest Track & Trace sourcing data, marking one year of public reporting and two years of tracking the company’s sustainable sourcing practices. These data are a key tool used...
Florida Forest Service Setting Prescribed Burns Ahead Of Wildfire Season
The heat’s been on in some state forests in Northeast Florida lately, despite the frigid temperatures of recent weeks. State forestry crews have been systematically burning dead underbrush in an effort to prevent wildfires over the next few months. The hazard...
Conservation Groups Oppose Bill To Allow Logging In West Virginia State Parks
A bill introduced last week that would allow commercial logging in West Virginia’s state parks as a way to pay for the park system’s backlogged maintenance work has prompted nine conservation groups to form a coalition opposing the bill’s passage. Senate Bill 270,...
Mississippi Forestry Remains Steady Despite 2017 Challenges
Despite a slow housing market and other lingering effects of the recession, Mississippi’s forests remain the state’s second most valuable agricultural commodity for 2017. John Auel, an assistant Extension professor of forestry at Mississippi State University,...
Virginia Department Of Forestry, Enviva Partner On Working Forest Conservation Easement
The headwaters of Otterdam Swamp and Three Creek are closer to long-term protection via a working forest conservation easement on forestlands in the region. The easement is made possible through a partnership between the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) and the...
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