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Expanded Kentucky Forestry Sector Could Be Boon To Parts Of State
Forest industries have the potential to provide thousands more jobs in Eastern and southern Kentucky as leaders in the region search for ways to improve the economy, according to an analysis. Expanding the Kentucky forestry…
Florida State Forester Urges Leaders To Continue Supporting Forest Service Programs
Florida State Forester and National Association of State Foresters (NASF) president Jim Karels recently urged a House panel to support NASF recommendations for USDA Forest Service (USFS) program funding levels. Speaking to the House Subcommittee…
Florida Forest Service Gives Area Fire Departments Funds For Equipment
The Florida Forest Service team has been busy in Jackson County recently. On Monday, crew members were creating a fire line for private property owners, and also took time to deliver a big piece of…
As West Burns, North Carolina Forests Get Scorched Of Resources
Months into his Forest Service career, Danny Lee stood amid a vast, charred forest in Idaho where a wildfire had consumed a quarter of a million acres, its temperatures hot to enough melt glass bottles.…
North Carolina Forest Service Celebrates 100 Years
Some of the oldest trees in North Carolina have been here for more than 400 years. The North Carolina Forest Service that tends them isn’t quite so old, but it’s getting up there — 2015…
Good News For Eradicating Cogongrass In The South
Over the past decade, U.S. Forest Service researchers have been working with university cooperators to find some way to slow down or stop the relentless spread of cogongrass. This last fall, Auburn University researchers reported…
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