Jul 21, 2017 | News, News/PR
A multi-million dollar sawmill project in Demopolis continues to make progress. The new state-of-the-art sawmill is expected to bring more than new fifty jobs to the area. Demopolis Mayor John Laney says the Two Rivers Lumber Company sawmill project is steadily moving...
Jul 19, 2017 | News, News/PR
Western wildfires are the headline grabbers, but forests in the eastern United States are also fire-dependent and increasingly at risk because of fire exclusion, according to a researcher at Penn State University. “Many people have been lulled into believing that it...
Jul 17, 2017 | News, News/PR
A bill before Congress would give Arkansas a greater share of the U.S. Forest Service’s budget, according to its sponsor. Opponents argue it would also ease restrictions on clear-cutting those forests. House Bill 2936 of 2017 would allow national forests in...
Jul 12, 2017 | News, News/PR
The 2008 recession and increased timber company sell-offs were putting a hurt on the future of forestry in South Carolina when Gene Kodama took over as state forester. The Moncks Corner native faced a bevy of hurdles: State Forestry Commission crews were fighting...
Jul 7, 2017 | News, News/PR
German-based Klausner Holding USA announced five years ago it planned to build a lumber mill in Orangeburg County. Company officials at the time anticipated breaking ground in 2014. The summer of 2017 has arrived and construction has not begun. Orangeburg County...
Jun 22, 2017 | News, News/PR
A 10-week school designed to provide formal training for men and women interested in starting a career in the logging profession is being planned for this region this fall. One of the main people promoting this first-ever training opportunity in logging is Fred Smith,...
