Industry News
Texas A&M Forest Service Plans Forestry Workshops
Texas A&M Forest Service and Texas Forestry Association are offering a free workshop next month for landowners, foresters and others in the Texas forest sector. Topics include: How to identify the current health of your woodlands; easy-to-follow recipes for...
Forest Service Attacking Emerald Ash Borer In Louisiana
Efforts are under way in north Louisiana to slow the spread of an invasive species, the emerald ash borer, that threatens to destroy native ash trees. The trees play an important part in bottomland ecosystems and also have an economic value to the timber industry....
Virginia Tech Scientists Work To Help Save The Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Basin’s vast tropical rainforests, rivers, and soils are rich ecosystems vital to the basic functioning of the planet. They churn moisture into the atmosphere, sequester global carbon, regulate climate patterns, and house much of the world’s biodiversity....
Timber Industry Booming In Alabama
Contrary to popular belief that urban encroachment is depleting forests, timberland is actually increasing in Alabama. The state now has a record-high 23 million acres of timber, putting it third in the country behind Georgia and Oregon, according to a new report by...
U.S. Forest Service OKs Grant For Kentucky, Tennessee In Hemlock Killer Battle
The U.S. Forest Service has approved a grant sought by Kentucky and Tennessee in their effort to protect hemlock trees threatened by an invasive pest, officials from both states said. The hemlock woolly adelgid, an Asian insect that was first found in Virginia in the...
UGA Researchers: Rumors Of Southern Pine Deaths Have Been Exaggerated
Researchers at the University of Georgia have a message for Southern pine tree farmers worried about unexplainable pine tree deaths: Don't panic. A new study published in Forest Ecology and Management analyzed growth in thousands of pine tree plots across the...
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