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Georgia’s Timbervest Adds Over 13,000 Acres Of Timberland
Timbervest LLC acquired 13,220 acres of timberland in Georgia, Tennessee and Vermont. The Atlanta-based timber-related asset and investment manager said the land will be part of its $400 million commingled Timbervest Partners III LP investment fund (TVP III). Some...
Georgia State Forester Honored By American Forest Foundation
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) announced that Georgia State Forester Robert Farris and the Georgia Forestry Commission are the 2014 recipients of the Sustained Excellence Award. The award is presented each year by AFF to a state forestry agency partner who has...
Forest Resources Association, American Loggers Council Join In “Logging Careers” Promotion
The American Loggers Council and the Forest Resources Association are working together on a project to help men and women considering a career in logging to understand what logging work is like and to link them with the connections they need to find employment. A...
Texas A&M Forest Service To Return $43.2 Million To The State Of Texas
Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) expects to release more than $43 million in remaining appropriated fire suppression funds back to the State of Texas this fall. The 83rd Texas Legislature appropriated $161 million to pay wildfire suppression costs incurred during...
New District Ranger Says Arkansas’ Ouachita National Forest A ‘Living Organism’
Forest management is a necessity for wildfire protection and habitat conservation, says A.J. Brigance, the new Poteau/Cold Springs District Ranger of the Ouachita National Forest in Scott and Logan counties. Having grown up on a dairy farm in the Tate community near...
Public Opposition Spurs County To Delay New North Carolina Biomass Facility
Transylvania County in North Carolina is currently engaged in intensive internal debate about the role of biomass in their future. The current state of affairs began last year when Renewable Developers, a New York based LLC, proposed the construction of a biomass...
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