Nov 10, 2014 | News, News/PR
New logging processes integrate technology to get the job done, revolutionizing one of the oldest professions in the world. Logging is an ancient practice. Dating back to the boom of the Fertile Crescent — parts of the modern-day Middle East — organized or systemic...
Nov 7, 2014 | News, News/PR
Faculty members Stephen Ditchkoff, Mark Smith, Todd Steury, Robert Gitzen, Graeme Lockaby, and Edward Loewenstein in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences received a $861,833 grant from the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division of the...
Nov 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
Chalk up another honor for Texas logger Tommy Burch, who recently was inducted into the Texas Forestry Hall Of Fame (TFHF)—the first logger in the state to be so honored. The TFHF honors both living and deceased persons for their “substantial and lasting contributions...
Nov 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
As part of the continued rapid implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced proposed new actions to include new forest products in the BioPreferred program. The proposal also includes other traditional biobased products and...
Oct 29, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Gainesville Renewable Energy Center announced Tuesday it is the first power plant in the country to receive the Forest Stewardship Council’s chain-of-custody certification, affirming that its procedures for buying waste wood fuels conform to the FSC’s standard....
Oct 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
Europe’s increasing emphasis on renewable energy lies behind the announcements this summer that two companies plan to build wood pellet plants in Arkansas, one in Pine Bluff and one in Monticello. Demand for the pellets, which energy-producing companies in Europe use...
