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Logging Technology Revolutionizes An Ancient Practice
New logging processes integrate technology to get the job done, revolutionizing one of the oldest professions in the world. Logging is an ancient practice. Dating back to the boom of the Fertile Crescent — parts…
Auburn University Forestry And Wildlife Professors Awarded Grant To Study Wild Pigs
Faculty members Stephen Ditchkoff, Mark Smith, Todd Steury, Robert Gitzen, Graeme Lockaby, and Edward Loewenstein in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences received a $861,833 grant from the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries…
Texas Forestry Hall Of Fame Inducts Its First Logger
Chalk up another honor for Texas logger Tommy Burch, who recently was inducted into the Texas Forestry Hall Of Fame (TFHF)—the first logger in the state to be so honored. The TFHF honors both living…
USDA Proposes Inclusion Of New Forest Products In The BioPreferred Program
As part of the continued rapid implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced proposed new actions to include new forest products in the BioPreferred program. The proposal also includes other…
Florida’s Gainesville Renewable Energy Center Wins Forestry Sourcing Certification
The Gainesville Renewable Energy Center announced Tuesday it is the first power plant in the country to receive the Forest Stewardship Council’s chain-of-custody certification, affirming that its procedures for buying waste wood fuels conform to…
Bioenergy Push Spurs Two New Wood Pellet Plants In Arkansas
Europe’s increasing emphasis on renewable energy lies behind the announcements this summer that two companies plan to build wood pellet plants in Arkansas, one in Pine Bluff and one in Monticello. Demand for the pellets,…
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