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Tennessee Forestry Officials Call For Extra Fire Safety
Officials with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's Division of Forestry issued a warning to residents statewide on Tuesday, asking them to be very careful due to the heightened fire risk. The agency reported over 20,000 acres have been charred from 837 wildfires...
South Carolina’s Forest Products Industry Seeks To Grow Exports
A growing, consumer-driven middle class, a burgeoning furniture industry and stepped up efforts to protect its own forests are driving the growth of wood product shipments to China from the Port of Charleston and other U.S. markets, a panel of global business experts...
TEAM Safe Trucking Is Moving Ahead
TEAM Safe Trucking (TST), a broad-based, non-profit volunteer group seeking to elevate the standard and performance of the American forest industry’s transportation sector, is moving ahead with its ambitious agenda, according to organizers, who met in early fall to...
Two Rivers Lumber Co. To Build $65 Million Alabama Sawmill
Governor Robert Bentley announced this week that Two Rivers Lumber Co. plans to invest $65 million to build a state-of-the-art sawmill in Demopolis that will create 55 jobs initially and a total of 95 eventually. “I am committed to helping the rural areas of the great...
S.C. Forestry Commission Issues Burn Ban To Allow For Hurricane Response
Hurricane Matthew has come and gone, but the South Carolina Forestry Commission’s statewide burning ban remains in effect. A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits outdoor burning, which includes yard debris burning and burning for forestry, wildlife or agricultural...
Alabama Forestry Commission Issues Fire Danger Warning For 46 Counties
Because extremely dry weather conditions and low humidity have combined to create an atmosphere favorable for wildfires, the Alabama Forestry Commission has issued a Fire Danger Warning for 46 Alabama counties effective immediately, until appreciable rainfall is...
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