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Ex-NASA Man To Plant One Billion Trees A Year Using Drones
A drone start-up is going to counter industrial scale deforestation using industrial scale reforestation. BioCarbon Engineering wants to use drones for good, using the technology to seed up to one billion trees a year, all…
Texas A&M Forest Service Confirms Emerald Ash Borer In Texas
The invasive emerald ash borer (EAB) beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees across the U.S. has been detected in Texas. State and federal agencies are preparing people and communities with information,…
Southern Pine Silviculture Training Held In Arkansas And Louisiana
For 10 straights days from 25 April through May 3, U.S. Forest Service personnel from the Southern Research Station, Region 8, and State and Private Forestry (S&PF) taught a short course on southern pine silviculture…
Georgia Forestry Commission Trains To Recognize Arson
Arson fires burn thousands of acres of wildlands in Georgia every year. The Georgia Forestry Commission trained their rangers Thursday on how to tell if a wildfire is arson. “With the smoke blowing, with the…
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…
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…
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