Oct 30, 2013 | News, News/PR
A major S.C. landowner, Plum Creek Timber Co., plans to nearly double its Palmetto State acreage by buying 175,400 acres from MeadWestvaco. That property is expected to remain as timberland, according to a Plum Creek news release. But as part of the deal, Plum Creek...
Oct 28, 2013 | News, News/PR
In an effort to reduce wildfire hazards on private lands, Texas A&M Forest Service is administering grant funding for prescribed burning on private property within 10 miles of a National Forest boundary through the U.S. Forest Service’s Community Protection...
Oct 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
Alabama logger Bobby Collins spoke with uncertainty as he described the options he will be forced to pursue when an Alabama mill closes. In addition to the 1,096 International Paper employees who will be displaced when the Courtland mill closes by late March, the...
Oct 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
By Jim Peterson It is 5 a.m. in any given time zone across these United States. While many are hitting the snooze alarm, or enjoying their first cup of coffee, a dedicated group of professionals is already on the job. They are America’s loggers—harvesters of the...
Oct 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC (Molpus), a timberland investment management organization headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, has, on behalf of a client, entered into an agreement to purchase approximately 73,000 acres of timberland located north, east, and west of...
Oct 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
Earlier this year, Louisiana logger Travis Taylor and Louisiana U.S. Forest Service employee Holly Morgan proposed a forestry machine operators’ program in the state. The outgrowth of their suggestions, which included the curriculum, was a pilot project—the first...