Apr 7, 2014 | News, News/PR
What started off as a small group of forestry students who wanted to mingle with each other has evolved into one of the University of Georgia’s most active student leadership clubs—and one of its longest lasting. The UGA Forestry Club celebrated its centennial...
Apr 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two federal agencies are investigating whether the managers of N.C. State University’s massive Hofmann Forest violated the Clean Water Act by illegally draining wetlands. An N.C. State University foundation is in the midst of selling the 79,000-acre forest to a...
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...
