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Virginia Department Of Forestry Explains Emerald Ash Borer Effects
Landowners across Northern Virginia and Northwest Virginia are seeing damage to the bark of ash trees, and many are calling the Virginia Department of Forestry asking what is wrong. Bark on these trees is being stripped off by woodpeckers hunting for Emerald Ash Borer...
Conifex Timber Invests $80 Million To Restart Arkansas Sawmill
Conifex Timber Inc., a forestry and sawmilling company, recently announced it is modernizing and will re-start a state-of-the-art sawmill complex in El Dorado, Arkansas. The site was formerly owned by Georgia-Pacific. Conifex will create approximately 120 jobs and...
Virginia Forestry Camp Welcomes Teens To The Woods
Nominations are open for the 71st annual Holiday Lake Forestry Camp, which will be held June 19-24 at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center near Appomattox. This action-packed camp is hosted by the Virginia Department of Forestry, with support and cooperation from other...
Arkansas’ Log-A-Load Program Donates $575,000 To Children’s Hospital
The Arkansas Children's Foundation announced Monday that the Arkansas Forestry Association's Log-A-Load For Kids program has donated $575,000 for the Emergency Department/Trauma Center at Arkansas Children's Hospital. This completes the program's four-year pledge to...
Florida’s Klausner Lumber Temporarily Lays Off Employees, Idles Sawmill
On Friday, Klausner Lumber One announced that it would temporarily layoff some of its employees and idle the sawmill. Employees will continue to receive benefits during the temporary layoff, which is expected to last one month or less, according to a release written...
Water Resources: It’s All About Partnerships In Alabama
It goes without saying that in order to fulfill our mission of conserving and sustaining Alabama’s 23.1 million acres of working forestland, the Alabama Forestry Commission must also be good stewards of our state’s 132,419 miles of streams, rivers and reservoirs. We...
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