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Hunt FP Supports Forest Products Center
Hunt Forest Products LLC has pledged $500,000 to support the new Forest Products Innovation Center on Louisiana Tech University’s South Campus at Ruston. The Forest Products Innovation Center is slated to become a hub for discovering new methods to…
New Mississippi Law Simplifies Light Safety
A new Mississippi law that went into effect in 2022 has simplified low visibility light requirements for log hauling, according to Mississippi Loggers Assn. Executive Director David Livingston. A similar law passed in 2011 to allow log hauling in…
WestRock Upgrade Should Reduce Turnaround Time
According to a report in the Louisiana Logger newsletter, WestRock is investing $97 million to upgrade its mill in Hodge, La., which includes log yard upgrades that should reduce log truck turnaround time. When the improvements were announced last…
Campbell Global Acquires Over 250,000 Acres Of Timberland
Campbell Global, a wholly-owned timber investment manager of J.P, Morgan Global Alternatives, has acquired over 250,000 productive acres of high-quality, commercial timberland across three properties in the Southeastern U.S.—valued at over half a…
International Paper Supports Heirs Property Initiative In Mississippi
International Paper has announced plans to support The Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation as they work alongside the Mississippi Center for Justice to provide legal services, assistance and resources to help historically underserved…
Arkansas Group Receives USDA Bottomland Grant
Dr. Homer Wilkes, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), met with faculty from the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) and the Arkansas Forest Resources Center (AFRC) of the University…
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