Jan 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
Like a druggist mixing a pharmaceutical compound in a lab, Sam Negaran begins his day with a prescription. But instead of being tasked with making medicine, Negaran and his co-workers at the Florida Forest Service are reviewing a detailed plan for burning off...
Jan 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Hot Springs senator has proposed an increase in the tax that private timberland owners pay to help the financially troubled Arkansas Forestry Commission. Republican Sen. Bill Sample filed legislation Monday that would increase the fire protection tax from 15 cents...
Jan 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
A new report says Georgia’s forest industry added jobs in 2011 for the first time in four years. The report by Georgia Tech, conducted for the Georgia Forestry Commission, showed 46,378 workers were directly employed in forestry related jobs in 2011 — up 6.8%...
Jan 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Camp Lejeune Environmental Management Division has started lighting prescribed burns on forestry parts of the base and plans to do so for the next eight months. The controlled burning is a tool used by forest managers both on- and off-base to help maintain open,...
Jan 9, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation protected 26,375 acres of open space through 127 conservation easements in 2012. The Virginia General Assembly established the foundation in 1966 to encourage the preservation of the commonwealth’s natural and cultural heritage lands....
Jan 7, 2013 | News, News/PR
More than 8,000 miles from home, fire management officers from Australia and New Zealand recently visited the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida to share techniques and strategies in the use of prescribed fire. “We see how the use of frequent fire intervals helps...
