Apr 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
A 130-year-old Tuscaloosa company is preparing to build a new lumber mill in south Alabama, which is expected to create more than 100 jobs and produce 250 million board feet of lumber annually. The Westervelt Co. said in a news release the new facility is still in the...
Mar 28, 2018 | News, News/PR
“Do you want to see video of my first drone crash?” I was asked as loggers and foresters filed out of the room, headed home. Last week’s FRA Forest Forum, a monthly dinner held near Bangor, Maine, brought speakers on mapping and drones, and we learned how these...
Mar 26, 2018 | News, News/PR
A coalition of Tennessee conservation groups has filed a federal lawsuit alleging the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a logging project in Polk County is endangering a sparkling trout stream. Tumbling Creek flows through hemlocks and beech trees on the...
Mar 23, 2018 | News, News/PR
Attracting new corporate headquarters to Georgia draws lots of attention — deservedly so. Announcements of business expansions are similarly celebrated, again as they should be. And the idea of creating manufacturing jobs in America is seemingly today’s holy grail. So...
Mar 21, 2018 | News, News/PR
After 129 years in business, Mississippi-based lumber operation Anderson-Tully has been sold to an unnamed company. 158 employees will lose their jobs. Anderson-Tully, who manages over 300,000 acres of hardwoods timberlands throughout Mississippi, Arkansas, and...
Mar 14, 2018 | News, News/PR
President Donald Trump’s administration moved quickly last week to install a female wildland firefighter to lead the U.S. Forest Service after the agency’s former chief stepped down amid sexual misconduct allegations. The appointment of Vickie Christiansen as interim...
