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John Deere, Tigercat, Others Book InWoodsExpo Space
John Deere, Tigercat and Barko, in cooperation with their respective local dealers, Stribling Equipment, MidSouth Forestry Equipment and Crouse Truck Parts & Equipment, are the first major companies to book exhibit space with InWoodsExpo 2015. The live forestry...
Hard Work Harvesting North Carolina Fraser Firs For The Holidays
The Thanksgiving turkey's not even been purchased before a host of evergreen trees start heading down from the hills, to be trucked across the Southeast and up the East Coast. Rodney Buchanan's crew has been cutting and baling fragrant Fraser firs since mid-November,...
Georgia’s Forests’ Leftovers Becoming A Major Source Of Renewable Energy
After a timber company makes its plywood or paper, there’s leftover sawdust and wood shavings. These leftovers are called woody biomass and in Georgia, they’re becoming a big source of renewable energy. A Pew study ranked Georgia third in the country for converting...
Fracking To Be Permitted In Virginia’s George Washington National Forest
Over the objection of environmental groups and Virginia's governor, a federal management plan released Tuesday will allow a form of natural gas drilling known as fracking to occur in parts of the largest national forest on the East Coast. The U.S. Forest Service...
Frog Pond Fans Unhappy With Alabama Forestry Commission Timber Harvest
The Alabama Forestry Commission is harvesting loblolly pine stands that surround Frog Pond in White Plains, leaving the entrance to the seasonal habitat marred and impassable. That is problematic for educators at Jacksonville State University, who have used the...
U.S. Forest Service Plan Would Open 700,000 Acres To Logging In North Carolina
The U.S. Forest Service has unveiled a draft management plan that would allow logging on 700,000 acres of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests. Officials said Wednesday the plan is aimed at preserving the woods and restoring habitat diversity. The Forest Service...
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