Apr 10, 2013 | News, News/PR
The ancient forest found 60 feet underwater about 10 miles offshore of Alabama is much older than originally thought. I collected samples of the trees during an AL.com scuba diving expedition to the forest. Those samples were sent to the Lawrence Livermore National...
Apr 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
On Tuesday, March 26, the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) Forest Operations Research unit in Auburn, Alabama, hosted attendees of the 2013 Sale Area Layout and Harvesting Institute (SALHI) for an introduction to harvesting and forest operations...
Apr 3, 2013 | News, News/PR
Gulf Coast Renewable Energy, which plans to bring a multimillion-dollar wood pellet manufacturing facility to George County’s industrial park in Lucedale, Mississippi, announced today that it has decided to double the plant’s capacity. It will now produce about...
Apr 1, 2013 | News, News/PR
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed legislation Wednesday specifying that rating systems used in green building projects funded by the state government “shall not exclude certificate credits for forest products certified by the Sustainable Forestry...
Mar 27, 2013 | News, News/PR
Officials from Fly Timber have announced the company is expanding its operations in Grenada, Mississippi, in Grenada County. The project represents a company investment of more than $6 million and will create 30 new jobs, bringing the total number of workers employed...
Mar 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
Georgia-Pacific today announced that it is developing plans for potential investments, which total nearly $400 million, in its plywood and lumber operations in the South. These facility expansions and equipment upgrades will further strengthen the company’s...
