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Future Farmers Test Forestry Skills At Florida State Forest
Every year, the Florida Forest Service partners with Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters at schools throughout the state to facilitate the FFA’s Forestry Career Development Events. This year’s District 1 event was held Tuesday at Bear Lake on Blackwater River...
Kentucky Lawmakers Cut Into Timber Theft; Enforcement Of Existing Laws Is Key
Kentucky’s forestry industries want better education and, ultimately, better enforcement of state timber laws and regulations to cut down timber theft. That was the word today before a meeting of the Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Environment where...
Bloodhounds Will Be On The Trail Again During Kentucky’s Fall Wildfire Season
The Kentucky Division of Forestry is using noses and paws to catch arsonists during the fall wildfire season, which starts tomorrow, Oct. 1, and runs through Dec. 15. Bloodhounds trained to investigate arson cases will be available for a second year through a...
413,000 Acres Of Florida Forest Is Now SFI Certified
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, certified Blackwater River and Tate's Hell State Forests, covering 413,000 acres, through one...
Budget Cuts Could Leave Alabama Open To Wildfires
The Alabama Forestry Commission's budget has been cut more than half since 2011, including a 19.6 percent cut this year. Alabama State Forester Greg Pate said the commission couldn't handle any cuts, especially one so drastic. Pate said the cut will cause more...
Documentary Traces Origins Of U.S. Forestry In Western North Carolina
A locally produced documentary about the introduction of forestry in America is scheduled to hit the silver screen this weekend at Biltmore Estate. The one-hour film, First in Forestry, tells the story of Carl Schenck and the Biltmore Forest School, the first forestry...
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