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Controlled Burns Help Keep Southern Longleaf Pine Forests Healthy
With years of experience under his belt, Bill Rivers looked to the rising smoke coming off the burning undergrowth at a longleaf pine forest in St. Tammany Parish and wasn’t pleased. “It wobbled,” he said, referring to the winds on Jan. 30 that seemed to take the...
Message Clear At North Carolina Meeting: No Logging Needed Or Planned
An informational meeting regarding North Carolina logging and the U.S. Forest Service’s long term plans for the Big Ivy section of the Pisgah National Forest drew about 200 people in Barnardsville Feb. 5, with another 100 waiting outside to get in. The crowd voiced...
Florida Forest Service To Host Teachers’ Tour In June
The Florida Forest Service has invited area teachers to take part of the Florida Forestry Teachers' Tour on June 23-26, according to a news release. The event, held at Fernandina Beach, will bring 45 teachers from across the state to learn how forestry works in...
Renewable Energy Policies Drive Production Of Southern Wood Pellets
A recently released study led by U.S. Forest Service scientists and published by the Forest Service's Southern Research Station (SRS) finds that policies in the European Union (EU) and elsewhere requiring the use of renewable and low greenhouse gas-emitting energy are...
$8 Million West Virginia Project Uses Logging To Improve Habitat
West Virginia is home to more than one-quarter of the world’s cerulean warblers, and if an $8 million habitat-improvement project is successful, that percentage might increase. The federally funded project will reimburse landowners who encourage loggers to spare the...
Texas A&M Forest Service: 100 Years Of Service
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Texas A&M Forest Service. Created in 1915 by the 34th Legislature, the agency is mandated to “assume direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state.” In 1993,...
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