Jun 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
The original June 30 closure deadline for the N.C. State University’s $150 million sale of the Hofmann Forest in Onslow and Jones counties now appears very doubtful. Mike Kulikowski, a spokesman for NCSU, said Thursday that, “A closing date has not yet been set,” and...
Jun 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accepting applications from biomass conversion facilities interested in receiving forest or agricultural residues to generate clean energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was...
Jun 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
Proposed forest restoration efforts, including a commercial timber harvest, in the Blue Ridge Ranger District of the Gainesville-based Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest have come under fire from some environmental groups. “We have serious concerns about the...
Jun 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
As the first woman to win the Mississippi Forestry Association Tree Farmer of the Year award, Patrice O’Brien is a testament to the impact women make on the agricultural industry. O’Brien jumped feet-first into the agriculture business when her father passed away in...
Jun 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two University of Georgia professors have co-authored a “roadmap” that outlines six “grand challenges” to the U.S. in regards to natural resources. Rhett Jackson, a professor in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, was one of 35 authors of the...
Jun 16, 2014 | News, News/PR
Some of the roughest country in two states is well on its way toward being preserved along the North Carolina-South Carolina border high on the sides of Sassafras Mountain. Known as the East Fork Tract of the French Broad River, the tract runs along the spine of the...
