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Timber Business Booming In Parts Of Florida
The timber business is booming in northeast Florida with demand booming for the natural resource worldwide. The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward’s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida — most pines...
Florida Releases Results Of Statewide Forestry Inventory
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today the results of a forestry inventory of Florida's nearly 17 million acres of forestland. The study, led by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Florida Forest Service, evaluated...
Texas A&M Forest Service: Over 200 Wildfires Burning In State
Record amounts of spring rains may have ended the five-year Texas drought, but it has also provided bountiful fuel for more than 200 wildfires that cropped up around the state last week. Officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service and rangeland resource experts...
Kronospan’s Annual Log-A-Load For Kids Golf Tournament
From Mark Lowe, Wood Procurement Manager at Kronospan The 4th Annual Kronospan - Log-A-Load For Kids Charity Golf Tournament in support of Children’s Hospitals of Alabama is quickly approaching, Friday September 18th. We still need teams and sponsors. Please consider...
FRA: Contact Your Reps About Truck Weight Reform
From: Deborah Hawkinson, President of the Forest Resources Association Congress in on recess through Labor Day, and members are in their home districts connecting with constituents. The August recess is a great time to meet with your House ember and let him or her...
Conifex Timber Buying Shuttered G-P Sawmill In Arkansas
Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, said Thursday that it is buying the former Georgia-Pacific sawmill south of El Dorado. The statement said Conifex has completed the purchase of the outstanding shares and shareholder loans of a private Delaware company. The...
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