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Wood Products Leading Growth In Arkansas Economy
A federal Bureau of Economic Analysis report showing Arkansas having the nation’s fastest growing gross domestic product has led to some head-scratching among economists, but there’s little doubt that forestry is an upward mover in the state’s economy, said economist...
SGSF Committee Unveils Ambitious Agenda At 2016 Meeting
The Southern Group of State Foresters’ (SGSF) Communications Committee held its annual summer meeting in Charleston, S.C., July 25-28 to review and update its strategic plan for the coming year and begin work on several new regional outreach projects promoting...
Improving Wildlife Through Forest Restoration In Alabama
The Cumberland Plateau encompasses more than 12,800 square miles across northern Alabama and is one of the most significant forested landscapes for plant and wildlife diversity in the South. But wildlife in the region are in need of attention, threatened by loss of...
Virginia Lumber Companies Strike Deal With U.K. Importer
The United Kingdom (U.K.) was one of the top markets for exported Virginia hardwood in 2015, and four Virginia lumber companies recently furthered that trend by striking sales agreements with James Latham PLC, one of the U.K.'s oldest and largest hardwood lumber...
Hatton-Brown, SLT Launch ForesTree Equipment Trader
Hatton-Brown Publishers, Inc., North America’s leading publisher of forest industry trade publications, in partnership with Southern Loggin’ Times, the continent’s most unique and popular logging magazine, has launched ForesTree Equipment Trader (FET), a...
N.C. State Study: Harvesting For Wood Pellets Has No Impact On Wildlife
Harvesting wood debris from areas that have been clear-cut of timber does not affect the animals that live there, according to a study from researchers at N.C. State University. Chris Moorman, a professor of forestry and environmental resources, and his students spent...
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