Oct 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
Opponents of N.C. State University’s planned sale of the 79,000-acre Hofmann Forest in Onslow and Jones counties still don’t have any indication when the state Court of Appeals will rule on whether the school will have to complete an environmental assessment on the...
Oct 6, 2014 | News, News/PR
Texas A&M Forest Service has completed a new study of the economic contribution provided by Texas forestry and wood-based industries in the state. The report shows that the total economic contributions of the Texas forest sector include $30.3 billion in industry...
Sep 29, 2014 | News, News/PR
Deputies from the Talladega County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Talladega man Monday evening after he fired his rifle at a log skidder. According to Investigator Brett Miller, George Morris Jr., 85, was charged with firing into an occupied vehicle. Miller said a...
Sep 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
Timbervest LLC acquired 13,220 acres of timberland in Georgia, Tennessee and Vermont. The Atlanta-based timber-related asset and investment manager said the land will be part of its $400 million commingled Timbervest Partners III LP investment fund (TVP III). Some...
Sep 22, 2014 | News, News/PR
The American Forest Foundation (AFF) announced that Georgia State Forester Robert Farris and the Georgia Forestry Commission are the 2014 recipients of the Sustained Excellence Award. The award is presented each year by AFF to a state forestry agency partner who has...
Sep 15, 2014 | News, News/PR
The American Loggers Council and the Forest Resources Association are working together on a project to help men and women considering a career in logging to understand what logging work is like and to link them with the connections they need to find employment. A...