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Arkansas Timber Glut Worries State’s Loggers

Sep 23, 2015 | News, News/PR

Mike Pennington eased his pickup to the edge of a muddy road to let a log truck pass. Thick stands of pine trees crowded the road on both sides. “There’s more trees standing now than ever before,” said Pennington, an Arkansas timber industry veteran...
Earl St. John, 79, Dies Of Health Complications

Earl St. John, 79, Dies Of Health Complications

Sep 14, 2015 | News

Earl St. John, 79, Dies Of Health Complications       Michigan logging businessman Earl St. John, Jr., whose impact on the U.S. logging industry was legendary and whose efforts to improve the public image of logging were considerable, died of declining...

Timber Business Booming In Parts Of Florida

Sep 4, 2015 | News, News/PR

The timber business is booming in northeast Florida with demand booming for the natural resource worldwide. The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward’s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida — most pines...

Florida Releases Results Of Statewide Forestry Inventory

Sep 2, 2015 | News, News/PR

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today the results of a forestry inventory of Florida’s nearly 17 million acres of forestland. The study, led by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Florida Forest...