Aug 27, 2012 | News, News/PR
East Tennessee’s greatest connection to the rest of the world might not be the interstate highway system passing through it nor the aircraft that take off and land every day, as important as those are. Instead, it is likely a famous hiking path that stretches...
Aug 24, 2012 | News, News/PR
Rollcast Energy, a developer of clean, renewable bioenergy projects, recently announced that its Greenway Renewable Power project in LaGrange, GA has been awarded a $250,000 grant as part of the U.S. Forest Service Woody Biomass Utilization Grant Program. “We’re...
Aug 22, 2012 | News, News/PR
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) applauds the Governor of Georgia for urging broader recognition of forest certification standards. An executive order signed on August 10 by Governor Nathan Deal promotes the use of products from responsibly managed...
Aug 20, 2012 | News, News/PR
An Aug. 13 trial date was set in U.S. District Court in Jackson in a breach-of-contract lawsuit by Pike County against a wood pellet company that never built a promised mill. The Enterprise-Journal reports Indeck Energy Services of Buffalo Grove, Ill., bought land...
Aug 17, 2012 | News, News/PR
The Mississippi Forestry Commission says the first Southern pine beetle outbreak to hit southwest Mississippi in nearly 20 years has apparently doubled in size and shows no signs of slowing. The Enterprise-Journal reports that officials are urging landowners in...
Aug 10, 2012 | News, News/PR
A 20-person crew left West Virginia recently heading for Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota, an area where wildfires have been causing problems for firefighters in the area, said Leslie Fitzwater, Division of Forestry spokeswoman. “Typically when the...
