Jan 31, 2014 | News, News/PR
Texas A&M University’s Ecosystem Science and Management department’s forestry program (formerly known as the Forest Science and Rangeland Ecology and Management) is refocusing in an effort to make it a model among other schools, according to forest management and...
Jan 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
Georgia timber might seem like a well-rooted asset, but thieves actually are making off with enough truckloads of trees that the state Legislature is considering tripling penalties and empowering state foresters to arrest crooks. “We’re trying to make a disincentive...
Jan 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
New words like wood pellets and biomass are providing a ray of hope for Louisiana forest landowners who have seen nothing but low prices since the downturn in the economy. Producers who attended the LSU AgCenter Forestry Forum in West Monroe on January 17th heard from...
Jan 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
Tate’s Hell State Forest, best known for its swamp, seclusion and signature species, may become the site of weekly helicopter drops of up to 50 men, careening Humvees with blacked-out headlights and foraging soldiers made to subsist off the land for seven days. Those...
Jan 13, 2014 | News, News/PR
In 2014, Georgia Power will file a request with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to decertify Plant Mitchell Unit 3 in Albany, Georgia. Further, the company will cancel the previously proposed conversion of the coal-fired unit to biomass after an extensive...
Jan 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
A large tract in Wilkes and Caldwell counties donated to the state will be managed by the N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) for forestry research, said state officials. Deeds transferring 1,678 acres from Char-Lo Timberlands Inc. to...
