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Published 12 times a year in a tabloid format, with forest family-friendly outreach, on-site logger interviews and profiles, and flavorful blend of information and entertainment, Southern Loggin’ Times is the most popular publication that focuses on the forest-rich South.
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HOLLAND, Ky.— Veteran Kentucky logger Eddie Rich, Jr., 65, has built a family legacy on the foundation handed down to him by his father. Working in a lot of higher elevation hardwood stands, Rich and his small crew keep things simple and traditional, felling big timber with chain saws and setting chokers to drag logs uphill by cable winch. Rich likes to keep overhead down by maintaining older machines; even after accumulating considerable operational hours, his Deere skidder and Tigercat loader still get the job done.
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Industry News Roundup
Highland Pellets To Build $130 Million Facility In Arkansas
Highland Pellets LLC, an Arkansas company, today announced the building of a 500,000 metric ton per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The $130 million plant will create more than 35 direct jobs and an additional 482 indirect jobs with a direct...
North Carolina Wood Pellet Plants: Economic Growth vs. Environmental Effects
By the end of 2015, if all goes as expected, a forest the size of Fayetteville will be fed into two huge wood pellet plants to create energy for European industry. That much everyone agrees on. Whether it's a good thing remains a subject of debate. Loggers, forestry...
Southeast Could Become An Overdeveloped ‘Megalopolis’ In Next Half Century
Giant urban sprawl could pave over thousands of acres of Southeast forest and agricultural lands, connecting Raleigh to Atlanta by 2060, if growth continues at its current pace, according to a newly released research paper from the U.S. Geological Survey. “We could be...
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