Nov 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
Thousands of unique Texas Star bur oak trees, a product of the Texas A&M Forest Service Urban Tree Improvement Program, soon will be dotting the state’s landscape in an effort to conserve energy, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and improve storm water management....
Nov 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
A $100 million wood pellet plant proposed for Georgia’s Wilkinson-Jones County border has received a thumbs-up from the Middle Georgia Regional Commission, reports The Macon Telegraph. The Commission decided Monday that the plant is in the best interest of the region...
Nov 7, 2012 | News, News/PR
On Friday, the Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC), in partnership with the Land Trust for the MS Coastal Plain (LTMCP), will dedicate Mississippi’s first Forest Legacy Program conservation easement with a ceremony on the banks of the Escatawpa River. MFC...
Nov 5, 2012 | News, News/PR
Michael Blazier is familiar with growing trees. As an LSU AgCenter forestry researcher, he has been involved in many timber-related projects that have helped determine the most efficient methods for producing quality lumber. Now, he is working on growing switchgrass,...
Nov 2, 2012 | News, News/PR
Every time you see a loaded log truck on the highways, you’re seeing another donation to support children’s hospitals. The Log-A-Load For Kids campaign, started in 1988 by the South Carolina Forestry Association in cooperation with the Children’s Miracle Network, has...
Oct 31, 2012 | News, News/PR
Billy Ray Camp, 73, has seen it all working in the logging industry for almost a half-century. “It’s been good to us, but it hasn’t always been easy,” Camp said. Camp said the family logging business is now run by his 38-year-old son, Ray. But the elder Camp can load...