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...
Jan 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
Along a rural stretch of State Road 100 in Putnam County, heavy machinery rumbles across swaths of land, downing scrawny trees and dragging them by the bunch to a chipper. Seconds later, that machine spits out a stream of wood chips into the back of a semi-trailer. It...
Jan 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Ralph Stewart Logging LLC plans to open a pine log export facility on 12 acres at the old Louisiana Scrap Metal yard in West Baton Rouge Parish. The company paid $1.75 million for the property at the intersection of La. 1 and Airline Highway. The facility will stage...
Dec 20, 2013 | News, News/PR
Mississippi’s top two agricultural commodities – poultry and forestry – maintained their strength in 2013, but most agronomic crop values took a hit from significantly lower prices than those earned in 2012. John Michael Riley, agricultural economist with the...
Dec 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
Conservation groups reached an agreement with the Forest Service that will allow the agency to move forward with the controversial Courthouse Creek timber sale. The agreement reduces the size of the timber sale, removing logging from significant ecological areas and...
