May 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message for Georgia’s tree huggers, and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The campaign kicks off May 14 in an auditorium at the Atlanta headquarters of Georgia-Pacific, a company founded in...
May 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
An Idaho company has bought a shuttered sawmill in Coushatta, Louisiana and plans to reopen it later this year, creating 90 jobs, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Tuesday. The mill closed in 2008 because of the recession. Idaho Timber LLC, of Boise, is renovating the mill...
May 1, 2013 | News, News/PR
Florida’s forestry authorities are confident of the state’s program to expand the amount of forested acres and ensure those lands can support the natural environment and the needs of the construction industry. About 120,000 acres of trees are replanted annually to...
Apr 29, 2013 | News, News/PR
N.C. State University officials are negotiating with a potential buyer for the 80,000-acre Hofmann Forest, a research site near Jacksonville that university officials hope to convert to cash to help support the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources....
Apr 26, 2013 | News, News/PR
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today as part of his trade and marketing mission to Asia the formal opening of a representative office in mainland China dedicated to increasing agricultural and forestry product exports to China, the world’s most populous...
Apr 24, 2013 | News, News/PR
The world’s largest wood pellet plant is coming to one of the smallest towns in Central Louisiana. German Pellets GmbH will begin work immediately on a $300 million plant in Urania that is expected to employ about 80 people directly and support more than 400 indirect...
