Sep 2, 2015 | News, News/PR
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today the results of a forestry inventory of Florida’s nearly 17 million acres of forestland. The study, led by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Florida Forest...
Aug 26, 2015 | News, News/PR
Record amounts of spring rains may have ended the five-year Texas drought, but it has also provided bountiful fuel for more than 200 wildfires that cropped up around the state last week. Officials with the Texas A&M Forest Service and rangeland resource experts...
Aug 21, 2015 | News, News/PR
From Mark Lowe, Wood Procurement Manager at Kronospan The 4th Annual Kronospan – Log-A-Load For Kids Charity Golf Tournament in support of Children’s Hospitals of Alabama is quickly approaching, Friday September 18th. We still need teams and sponsors. Please...
Aug 19, 2015 | News, News/PR
From: Deborah Hawkinson, President of the Forest Resources Association Congress in on recess through Labor Day, and members are in their home districts connecting with constituents. The August recess is a great time to meet with your House ember and let him or her...
Aug 12, 2015 | News, News/PR
Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, said Thursday that it is buying the former Georgia-Pacific sawmill south of El Dorado. The statement said Conifex has completed the purchase of the outstanding shares and shareholder loans of a private Delaware company. The...
Aug 10, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Florida Forest Service has announced that more than 246,000 acres of Florida state forests were treated with prescribed fire last year, the highest number ever reported by any state forestry agency in the country. The Florida Forest Service administers the top...