Nov 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
The South Carolina forestry industry is poised for growth over the next decade. By 2020, annual harvest volumes are expected to increase by four to eight million tons, or 20 to 40 percent over the current 20 million tons. This is just one of the positive numbers to...
Nov 1, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Hofmann Forest, a 79,000-acre wooded property near Jacksonville, N.C., that’s owned by the Board of Trustees for the Endowment Fund of N.C. State University, has been sold to Jerry Walker, an agri-businessman from Illinois, for $150 million. Proceeds from...
Oct 30, 2013 | News, News/PR
A major S.C. landowner, Plum Creek Timber Co., plans to nearly double its Palmetto State acreage by buying 175,400 acres from MeadWestvaco. That property is expected to remain as timberland, according to a Plum Creek news release. But as part of the deal, Plum Creek...
Oct 28, 2013 | News, News/PR
In an effort to reduce wildfire hazards on private lands, Texas A&M Forest Service is administering grant funding for prescribed burning on private property within 10 miles of a National Forest boundary through the U.S. Forest Service’s Community Protection...
Oct 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
Alabama logger Bobby Collins spoke with uncertainty as he described the options he will be forced to pursue when an Alabama mill closes. In addition to the 1,096 International Paper employees who will be displaced when the Courtland mill closes by late March, the...
Oct 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
By Jim Peterson It is 5 a.m. in any given time zone across these United States. While many are hitting the snooze alarm, or enjoying their first cup of coffee, a dedicated group of professionals is already on the job. They are America’s loggers—harvesters of the...
