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No Weight Increase For Alabama Trucks
A bill that was originally written to allow log trucks to carry more weight per axle on Alabama highways, as sought by the state’s forest products sector, underwent substantial changes in the Alabama Senate in…
Tracy Gunter Left Legacy Of Leadership
Tracy C. Gunter, Jr., long respected for his leadership in the logging industry, and owner of Tracy’s Logging, Leesville, SC, died March 23. He was 84. In October 1997, in the 25th anniversary issue of…
Enviva Closing Amory Mill in Mississippi
Emerging from bankruptcy in late 2024, Enviva announced in early February that it was closing its Amory pellet plant in northeast Mississippi. The Amory facility was the company’s first plant operated in the U.S. and…
FS: Southern Pulpwood Output Continues Decline
Despite a Fastmarkets RISI projection that 2024 will show a 2% gain in overall U.S. pulp and paper wood usage, a report in the Fastmarkets RISI North American Woodfiber & Biomass Markets newsletter on recently…
Tigercat Dealership MidSouth Forestry Acquires Patrick-Miller
Since 1996, Patrick-Miller Tractor Co. has been committed to serving customers across Louisiana as a Tigercat dealer. “Tigercat has been a blessing for me and my family,” says Doug Patrick, former owner of Patrick-Miller Tractor…
Texas Fires Repsond To Active Forest Management
Although it may seem counterintuitive to fight fire with fire in the forest, a recent report by Mandy Chumley with the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas and Danielle Knight, Forest Service (FS) Southern Region…
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