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413,000 Acres Of Florida Forest Is Now SFI Certified

Sep 30, 2015 | News, News/PR

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam announced today that the Florida Forest Service, a division of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, certified Blackwater River and Tate’s Hell State Forests, covering 413,000 acres,...

Budget Cuts Could Leave Alabama Open To Wildfires

Sep 28, 2015 | News, News/PR

The Alabama Forestry Commission’s budget has been cut more than half since 2011, including a 19.6 percent cut this year. Alabama State Forester Greg Pate said the commission couldn’t handle any cuts, especially one so drastic. Pate said the cut will cause...

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...