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...
Aug 22, 2014 | News, News/PR
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and International Paper (IP) recently announced $743,000 in grants to support forestland restoration and working forests throughout the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. The American Forest...
Aug 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
Highland Pellets LLC, an Arkansas company, today announced the building of a 500,000 metric ton per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The $130 million plant will create more than 35 direct jobs and an additional 482 indirect jobs with a direct...
Aug 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
By the end of 2015, if all goes as expected, a forest the size of Fayetteville will be fed into two huge wood pellet plants to create energy for European industry. That much everyone agrees on. Whether it’s a good thing remains a subject of debate. Loggers,...
Aug 15, 2014 | News, News/PR
Giant urban sprawl could pave over thousands of acres of Southeast forest and agricultural lands, connecting Raleigh to Atlanta by 2060, if growth continues at its current pace, according to a newly released research paper from the U.S. Geological Survey. “We could be...
