Mar 30, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service’s recently released planning rule could turn the agency into a more efficient decision maker or create a department of perpetual planning, depending on who you listen to. “We are ready to start a new era of planning that takes less time, costs...
Mar 26, 2012 | News, News/PR
The North Zone of the Cherokee National Forest is in need of some help. Spanning seven counties in upper east Tennessee, the North Zone is an incredible asset to the local economies of the region, as a supply of drinking water, a tourism destination and a source of...
Mar 23, 2012 | News, News/PR
U.S. biomass producer Zilkha Biomass expects its first large-scale commercial pellet plant to be operational by late 2013, the company has told Argus Media. Zilkha acquired a 500,000 t/yr regular “white” pellet plant in Selma, Alabama, two years ago when the previous...
Mar 16, 2012 | News, News/PR
Tennessee’s urban forests, currently valued at about $80 billion, also provide almost $650 million in benefits such as carbon storage, pollution removal, and energy reduction according to a new U.S. Forest Service report. The authors of Urban Forests of...
Mar 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
Experts fear a host of factors are coming together to create a storm, possibly even a perfect storm, across Alabama’s forest landscape, which is the reason why they are stepping up efforts to warn timberland owners about this potential calamity and to advise...
Mar 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
A new study of southeastern forests in the U.S. finds that in the long run, burning wood instead of fossil fuels to make electricity can reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but not soon enough to prevent worsening the conditions leading to global...
