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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...
Arkansas Timber Glut Worries State’s Loggers
Mike Pennington eased his pickup to the edge of a muddy road to let a log truck pass. Thick stands of pine trees crowded the road on both sides. "There's more trees standing now than ever before," said Pennington, an Arkansas timber industry veteran and owner of LD...
Earl St. John, 79, Dies Of Health Complications
Michigan logging businessman Earl St. John, Jr., whose impact on the U.S. logging industry was legendary and whose efforts to improve the public image of logging were considerable, died of declining health complications on September 13. He was 79….
Carter Lumber To Open New North Carolina Manufacturing Facility
Carter Lumber is building a new manufacturing facility in Lexington. The Ohio-based company, which has a lumber yard in Welcome, is opening the facility on Old Hargrave Road to expand its presence in the Southeast. Mark Ely, director of marketing for Carter Lumber,...
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