Enviva Moves Forward On New Plants Enviva, the world’s leading producer of industrial wood pellets, reports the possible development of a wood pellet plant in Bond, Miss., about 50 miles north of Gulfport. Enviva states it “recently advanced a...
In South Carolina, the SCDOT Blanket Encroachment Permit is now in effect for temporary logging road entrances. The department requires an encroachment permit any time travel or work is done on or across a state owned right-of-way. The permit lets SCDOT know where the...
USDA Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen announced the issuance of more than $193 million to support public schools, roads and other municipal services through the agency’s Secure Rural Schools program. The funding will be delivered as payments to more than 700...
The number of tools and tasks required to navigate the work day can be many. Today’s contractors and skilled trades professionals face a variety of challenges that demand versatility and ingenuity, both in the skills that they develop and the resources that they rely...
Loggers and log haulers are included in a new $6 billion effort to reach a broader set of agricultural producers than COVID-19 relief programs implemented last year, said U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Sec. Tom Vilsack in late March. Vilsack’s statement introduced a...
Weyerhaeuser Buys 69,000 Acres Weyerhaeuser is purchasing 69,200 acres of high-quality Alabama timberlands from Soterra, a subsidiary of Greif, Inc., for $149 million. The acquisition comprises highly productive timberlands in southwest Alabama,...
