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...
Mar 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
The University of Tennessee is expected to face vocal opposition today when it seeks approval for a plan to allow natural gas drilling on more than 8,000 acres of public land in East Tennessee’s Morgan and Scott counties. The university’s Institute of Agriculture,...
Mar 15, 2013 | News, News/PR
An online tool developed the by U.S. Forest Service quickly reveals the economic impacts of wood-related industries in the states of the South. The South is often referred to as the “wood basket of the Nation,” and wood-related industries contribute to the economies...
Mar 13, 2013 | News, News/PR
Loggers voices were heard once again in Washington, DC as a representative for the American Loggers Council (ALC) testified at the February 26 House Natural Resources Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee hearing on “State Forest Management: a Model...
Mar 11, 2013 | News, News/PR
A tree fungus known as laurel wilt is spreading rapidly across parts of central Florida, killing hundreds of redbay trees in its wake. The fungus carried by ambrosia beetles attacks very quickly, killing the trees almost overnight. Leaves then hang on the dead trees...
