Aug 6, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Nature Conservancy, Texas A&M Forest Service, and the U.S. Forest Service have collaborated to purchase a conservation easement on 4,785 acres of forestland in the Longleaf Ridge area of East Texas, permanently protecting some of the best longleaf pine habitat...
Aug 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
At least one economist and a local timber products manufacturer see a bright future for the Southern forest industry. Lynn Michaelis, president of Strategic Economic Analysis, told participants at the Georgia Forestry Association conference last month that the next 10...
Aug 1, 2014 | News, News/PR
As the climate warms, the vine that ate the U.S. South is starting to gnaw at parts of the North, too. Kudzu, a three-leafed weed first planted in the U.S. more than 100 years ago for the beauty of its purple blossoms, has been spotted in every county in Georgia,...
Jul 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
On July 24, 2014, Congressman Steve Southerland, II of Florida introduced the Right to Haul Act, H.R. 5201 to extend state truck weight limits to the Federal Interstate Highway System, providing relief to agriculture and forestry haulers who have been stifled by...
Jul 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Jack Swanner is the new Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers (NCAPL), having assumed duties on August 1. He replaces Doug Duncan, who resigned earlier this year to head the Forest Equipment Operator Program, a cooperative course...
Jul 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
The Southeast’s timber industry is on an upswing and a new tool rolled out by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service could give it an extra boost. Ever since the creation of the USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub in Raleigh, the region has led...
