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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...
Florida Forest Service Sets National Prescribed Fire Record
The Florida Forest Service has announced that more than 246,000 acres of Florida state forests were treated with prescribed fire last year, the highest number ever reported by any state forestry agency in the country. The Florida Forest Service administers the top...
South Carolina Forestry Commission Sends Firefighters To California
Responding to a request from the U.S. Forest Service, the South Carolina Forestry Commission has sent seven of its wildland firefighters to join crews battling more than 30 wildfires around Redding, Calif. Accompanied by three members of the Horry County Fire Rescue...
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