Sep 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) expects to release more than $43 million in remaining appropriated fire suppression funds back to the State of Texas this fall. The 83rd Texas Legislature appropriated $161 million to pay wildfire suppression costs incurred during...
Sep 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
Forest management is a necessity for wildfire protection and habitat conservation, says A.J. Brigance, the new Poteau/Cold Springs District Ranger of the Ouachita National Forest in Scott and Logan counties. Having grown up on a dairy farm in the Tate community near...
Sep 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
Transylvania County in North Carolina is currently engaged in intensive internal debate about the role of biomass in their future. The current state of affairs began last year when Renewable Developers, a New York based LLC, proposed the construction of a biomass...
Sep 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
Clemson University launched its Wood Utilization and Design Institute to test and market sustainable, wood-based materials for use in commercial construction, a market dominated by steel and concrete. The program will use the university’s assets in forestry,...
Aug 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
Virginia’s ash tree population likely will be decimated in the next decade by an invading green beetle smaller than a penny found as close to Lynchburg as Campbell County. While the emerald ash borer has not been confirmed in the George Washington or Jefferson...
Aug 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
Florida State Forester Jim Karels was recognized by the Florida Cabinet recently, in appreciation for his leadership during the investigation into the deaths of 19 firefighters in the Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona in 2013. “Jim demonstrated true leadership in lending...