Jan 27, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that it is granting $52.2 million for 17 conservation and working lands projects across the U.S. in 2012. The Forest Legacy Program has protected 2.2 million acres through public-private partnership using federal and...
Jan 23, 2012 | News, News/PR
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently appointed eight members to the Forest Resource Coordinating Committee, which provides advice on private forestry and USDA’s programs that assist landowners in managing their forests. “The experts selected for this...
Jan 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
Resource managers at the nation’s 155 national forests now have a set of science-based guidelines to help them manage their landscapes for resilience to climate change. Developed by the U.S. Forest Service’s western research stations, the four-part framework details a...
Jan 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
Trees are one of Earth’s largest banks for storing the carbon that gets emitted by natural processes and human activities. Forests cover about 30% of the planet’s surface, and as much as 45% of the carbon stored on land is tied up in forests. But did global forests...
Jan 13, 2012 | News, News/PR
Sonoco will invest $100 million over the next three years to build a biomass boiler and make other improvements at its Hartsville, SC plant site. The $75 million biomass facility will replace two aging coal-fired boilers that have been in use at the plant for 60...
Jan 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
The drought that ravaged Texas this summer killed millions of trees, only a small percentage of which will be salvageable for lumber or even wood chips, according to the state’s Forest Service. The Texas Forest Service estimates that, so far, the drought has killed...
