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Virginia Governor Announces New Forest Product Exports To Germany
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Monday announced new export sales of Virginia forest products to Germany during a trade and marketing mission to several European countries this week. The relationship between Kenbridge-based America Bluesky Lumber Industry LLC and...
Chinese Paper Firm To Open $1 Billion Mill In Arkansas
China-based Sun Paper has chosen Arkansas as the site of its first bio-products mill in North America, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday. The $1 billion investment for a plant in Arkadelphia is expected to create 250 new jobs, Hutchinson’s office said in a news...
Georgia-Pacific Announces Closure Of Two Southern Plywood Mills
Georgia-Pacific officials announced last week that the Crossett plywood mill is being closed permanently. On April 7, the company announced that the Crossett plywood facility and another in Talladega, Ala. were both being permanently closed. Georgia-Pacific Crossett...
Georgia Forestry Firm Expands In U.S. And U.K.
F&W Forestry Services, Inc., one of the oldest and largest forest management and consulting firms in the U.S., announced recently that it has acquired London-based O.C.S. Group Ltd.’s forestry and land subsidiaries. The acquisition includes three companies with...
Funds Available For Forest Thinning In Texas Through Pine Beetle Program
Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting applications for the 2016 Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program. Through this cost-share program eligible forest landowners can receive financial and technical assistance related to reducing the threat of future SPB...
Southern Research Station: The Future Of Fire In The South
In the U.S., most of the focus is on the catastrophic fires that regularly sweep across the western states, but wildfires actually occur more frequently in the Southeast, where rapid vegetation growth and fuel accumulation combine with frequent ignitions from...
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