Dec 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
Kenneth W. Atkins, 56, of Crossett was sentenced Thursday to 68 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three counts of money laundering. Kenneth Elser, United States attorney for the...
Dec 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Tree-munching insects, marauding fungi, and non-native plants are threatening the health of forests in the Southern United States. To combat these menaces, accurate, up-to-date information on pest and invasive species management and control is key. The Forest Health...
Dec 14, 2016 | News, News/PR
Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the award of three planning grants from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development (AFID) Fund. The Commonwealth awarded a total of $64,000 to projects by Floyd County and the New River Valley Regional Commission...
Dec 9, 2016 | News, News/PR
When people and property are endangered, wildfires are viewed as calamities. And, indeed, to those directly affected, they can be deadly and devastating. But from Mother Nature’s point of view, wildfires play an integral role in the health of a forest by thinning...
Dec 7, 2016 | News, News/PR
For about 15 years, the state’s most destructive forest insect has been lying low in South Carolina. But damage caused by recent droughts, storms and wildfires raises the specter of a resurgence. Sizable infestations of southern pine beetles have been few and far...
Dec 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
Raging wildfires fueled by high winds forced of thousands of people in the U.S. South to flee and were believed to have wiped out an entire resort of more than 100 buildings in the Great Smoky Mountains as National Guard troops arrived early Tuesday to help...
