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South Carolina Timber Meeting To Brief Landowners On ‘Pine Decline’
As enigmatic as it is deadly, “pine decline” has many Southern timber owners wondering whether the condition may be damaging their investment. South Carolina timber owners and land managers will be able to get the latest information on the problem at a daylong...
Outlook For Mid-South Forests: The Next 50 Years
The Southern Forest Futures Project (SFFP) started in 2008 as an effort to study and understand the various forces reshaping the forests across the 13 states of the South over the next 50 years. Chartered by the U.S. Forest Service Southern Region and Southern...
Chuck Leavell: Georgia Forest Landowners Are Taking A Sound Approach
Being in the South in spring is a sight — and a sound — to behold. Bright green growth is bursting from the earth and vivid buds pop from mid-story branches up into the tree tops, all backed up by birds singing a score that only nature can compose. Yes, I’m an...
South Carolina Wildland Firefighters Train With National Guard
The South Carolina Forestry Commission and South Carolina National Guard held a joint training exercise Friday, April 10 at Manchester State Forest to practice coordination and communication on a mock wildfire. Working with members of the SCNG’s 2-151 Security and...
Florida Forests Impacted By Far-Away Wildfires
Catastrophic wildfires are rare in Florida, but the state is not immune to the impact of ferocious blazes that have plagued the West with increasing frequency and intensity. As costs to fight the fires climb, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has...
U.S. Forest Service, MFC Partnership Battling Cogongrass In Mississippi
With support from the Forest Health Protection program of the USDA Forest Service, the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is achieving goals outlined in its Forest Action Plan. Cogongrass is an invasive, non-native grass, which occurs in the southeastern United...
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