Aug 9, 2013 | News, News/PR
Madison County’s timber industry is being threatened by a new hauling policy requiring a $50,000 bond, some representing the industry told the Board of Supervisors on Monday. Timber is a $55.6 million industry annually in Madison County, according to the...
Aug 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
On the Ashley River, a few miles south of Charleston, S.C., the water is murky and the marsh grass high. A three-man logging crew is cruising on a 24-foot pontoon boat. It’s low tide and logs are poking out everywhere. Hewitt Emerson, owner of the...
Aug 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
Appalachian State University Department of Technology and Environmental Design professors David Domermuth and Ok-Youn Yu have received a $45,000 grant from the N.C. Agricultural Foundation for a project to economically convert biomass to biofuel and useful biochar....
Aug 2, 2013 | News, News/PR
The summer’s moisture has put a damper on the $21 billion Alabama timber industry. Summer is usually a busy time for the timber industry. “Normally we’ve been in drought conditions, it hasn’t been a lot of moisture in the summertime especially....
Jul 26, 2013 | News, News/PR
Alabama is filled with strange and unusual tales, and some of those literally grow on trees. Just as the poisoning of Auburn University’s Toomer’s oaks reminded us how our roots blend with traditions, the 2012 discovery of an underwater forest off Alabama’s Gulf coast...
Jul 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
One of northern Louisiana’s largest private owners of timberlands, Plum Creek, said the industry is poised for a resurgence here and throughout the South. Steve Hanley and April Salter of Plum Creek, which owns about 400,000 acres in northern Louisiana, spoke to The...
