Feb 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
A man arrested last week for allegedly starting three fires in Baldwin County is out of jail now. Anthony Boone, 44, was arrested January 25 by investigators with the Alabama Forestry Commission. He is charged with wild land arson and harassment. Investigators said...
Jan 30, 2013 | News, News/PR
The sale of an 80,000-acre forest could provide a big financial boost for N.C. State University’s Forestry and Environmental Resources Department, but the proposal is drawing sharp criticism from faculty and alumni, who say this “crown jewel” of the forestry program...
Jan 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
Keeping sites productive in today’s economy is an important consideration to managing forestlands, according to LSU AgCenter forestry specialist Mike Blazier. With housing starts just starting to recover from an earlier slump, the market for saw timber and plywood is...
Jan 23, 2013 | News, News/PR
While it was a mostly sunny day across the Gulf Coast Monday, that was not the case in an area of northwest Jackson County. Technicians from the U.S. Forest Service performed a prescribed burn of some 2,100 acres, starting early Monday morning and working well into...
Jan 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
Like a druggist mixing a pharmaceutical compound in a lab, Sam Negaran begins his day with a prescription. But instead of being tasked with making medicine, Negaran and his co-workers at the Florida Forest Service are reviewing a detailed plan for burning off...
Jan 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
A Hot Springs senator has proposed an increase in the tax that private timberland owners pay to help the financially troubled Arkansas Forestry Commission. Republican Sen. Bill Sample filed legislation Monday that would increase the fire protection tax from 15 cents...
