Jun 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
Groves of ash trees lost to beetles. Stately alders under assault by moths. And fungus-like organisms attacking oaks. In the battle to halt the march of tree-killing pests across the country, it’s easy to get discouraged. Even so, researchers at the University of...
May 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
An on-going timber theft investigation resulted in the arrest and indictment of one man in Harrison County. Texas A&M Forest Service law enforcement investigators along with Harrison County officials arrested Thomas Earl Haggerty of Marshall on warrants issued by...
May 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
A battle against a growing southern pine beetle infestation in Mississippi’s Tombigbee National Forest will be fought by the U.S. Forest Service using designations authorized in the 2014 farm bill. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) yesterday officially designated...
May 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
With a nearly $29 billion impact, the Georgia forestry industry is one of state’s largest economic forces. Tree farmer Roy Malone, 93, is one of the nearly 3,500 people across Central Georgia who work in forestry. “I came back from World World II and I...
May 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Registration is now open for the American Loggers Council (ALC) 20th Annual Meeting to be held September 25-27, 2014 in Harris, Michigan at the Island Resort and Casino. President Brian Nelson from Cornell, Michigan is pleased to invite everyone to the meeting and to...
May 19, 2014 | News, News/PR
One of the best-known names in tree-growing and forest stewardship is the first forest products company in America to participate in a new program that will boost the economic vitality and sustainability of the nation’s 10,000 independent timber harvesters and...