Apr 2, 2014 | News, News/PR
First we lost the elm trees, then the chestnut trees, now the hemlocks, and soon possibly the ash trees. Non-native insects and diseases are slowly whittling away at our forest tree species. The latest on the scene in our area is the Emerald Ash Borer and prognosis...
Mar 31, 2014 | News, News/PR
For some people with physical limitations, being able to participate in hunting season is a distant memory. But thanks to the Angelina and Sabine national forests employees and retired agency volunteers in East Texas, a group of local hunters have an opportunity to...
Mar 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
Forests throughout upstate South Carolina largely escaped major damage from February’s ice and snow storms that caused up to $363 million in losses to pine forests in a wide swath of counties across the state. The damages led South Carolina’s state forester to issue a...
Mar 26, 2014 | News, News/PR
Exports of hardwood are driving growth for Prime Lumber, which shipped more than 50% of its volume overseas. As a result, Prime Lumber was named the 2014 North Carolina Exporter of the Year by the state’s Department of Agriculture. Prime Lumber shipped more than...
Mar 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two biofuel companies were approved Friday in Baton Rouge for state manufacturing incentives totaling a combined $750,000 for wood energy projects to be built at the Port of Alexandria and at Bastrop in northeastern Louisiana’s Morehouse Parish. An economic...
Mar 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
Like many East Texas lumber towns, the city of Crockett has for years been losing its battle against the impact of government-subsidized Canadian wood products flooding the U.S. housing market, former City Administrator Ron Duncan says. Then, Duncan says, Zilkha...
