The American Tree Farm System, a program of the American Forest Foundation, announced on July 4 that 480,000 acres of Mississippi “Section 16” school trust forestlands have been certified for their sustainable management practices. An innovative pilot project...
There is now an effort to replant the thousands of trees damaged or destroyed during the tornado outbreak that ravaged parts of Alabama on April 27 of this year. The project, called the Alabama Tree Recovery Campaign, was launched in response to proactive efforts of...
The April 2011 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times is now available online in a digital magazine format. This most recent issue of SLT is serving to demonstrate the type of services Southern Loggin’ Times will be offering to subscribers in the near future. If...
Tolleson Lumber Is Sold Russia-based Ilim Timber Industry (ITI) is acquiring Tolleson Lumber Co., Inc., based in Perry, Ga. In addition to the acquisition of Tolleson Lumber’s southern yellow pine sawmills at Perry and Preston, Ga., the agreement...
Tyler Smith is now affiliated with the North Carolina Assn. of Professional Loggers (NCAPL) as Regional Director of Program Sales. Smith has a marketing background and spent the past seven years working in sales and product development. He is NCAPL’s contact for...
Alabama Forestry Commission (ALC) investigators on February 23 arrested Christopher James Snell, 29, of Coy, Ala., charging him with 13 counts of “selling timber without permission.” Snell, a resident of Wilcox County, allegedly took timber valued at $21,000 from two...
