Aug 11, 2014 | News, News/PR
For some residents of the North Carolina coast, the 2014 Independence Day weekend will be remembered not for fireworks and family cookouts, but for damage assessment and cleanup following the high winds and heavy rain that downed trees when Hurricane Arthur came...
Aug 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
Opposition to the proposed sale of Hofmann Forest continues to grow as efforts to highlight potential impacts spread across social media and a lawsuit proceeds in court. A new online petition on MoveOn.org has garnered more than 7,200 signatures since it was created...
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...
