Sep 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
South Carolina’s abundant alternative-energy resources could become an enormous economic driver for the state’s rural economies. The challenge is to develop uses for these new fuels through environmentally friendly processes — and then turn that research into jobs....
Sep 23, 2013 | News, News/PR
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., today announced it has entered into a 10-year fiber supply and services agreement with The Enova Group, an independent bioenergy firm headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. Plum Creek will deliver up to 3 million tons annually of...
Sep 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
The South Carolina forest industry is making a comeback. The state’s forests are fuller than at any time in the past 100 years, just as demand for wood is very slowly on the rise and prices also are creeping up. That could portend a pine harvest boom in the next seven...
Sep 13, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Florida Forest Service report required by 2012 legislation found that the state’s forests overall are sustainable but there are some counties where some types of trees are being harvested faster than they are being grown. The report was required by HB 7117, a...
Sep 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) is working on-the-ground with local partners to expand ATFS certified forest acreage in North Carolina. Some of North Carolina’s preeminent forest companies have joined together to support the state’s sustainably managed...
Sep 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
A new report from the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides the first comprehensive estimates of forest resources of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV) since 1986. Published by the Forest Service Southern Research Station...
