Feb 9, 2015 | News, News/PR
An informational meeting regarding North Carolina logging and the U.S. Forest Service’s long term plans for the Big Ivy section of the Pisgah National Forest drew about 200 people in Barnardsville Feb. 5, with another 100 waiting outside to get in. The crowd voiced...
Feb 6, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Florida Forest Service has invited area teachers to take part of the Florida Forestry Teachers’ Tour on June 23-26, according to a news release. The event, held at Fernandina Beach, will bring 45 teachers from across the state to learn how forestry works in...
Feb 4, 2015 | News, News/PR
A recently released study led by U.S. Forest Service scientists and published by the Forest Service’s Southern Research Station (SRS) finds that policies in the European Union (EU) and elsewhere requiring the use of renewable and low greenhouse gas-emitting...
Feb 2, 2015 | News, News/PR
West Virginia is home to more than one-quarter of the world’s cerulean warblers, and if an $8 million habitat-improvement project is successful, that percentage might increase. The federally funded project will reimburse landowners who encourage loggers to spare the...
Jan 30, 2015 | News, News/PR
2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the Texas A&M Forest Service. Created in 1915 by the 34th Legislature, the agency is mandated to “assume direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of the state.” In 1993,...
Jan 28, 2015 | News, News/PR
The cold days of January may seem a strange time to think about forestry in Louisiana, but this is the time for commercial tree planting during our dormant season. It is also when we celebrate Arbor Day and a good time to catch up on the “State of the...
