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...
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 6, 2014 | News, News/PR
Auburn University is continuing to make a difference across the globe. The Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative and Forest Health Cooperative are two research cooperatives in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences that have received a...
May 28, 2014 | News, News/PR
A battle against a growing southern pine beetle infestation in Mississippi’s Tombigbee National Forest will be fought by the U.S. Forest Service using designations authorized in the 2014 farm bill. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) yesterday officially designated...
Apr 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the United States Forest Service – State and Private Forestry (USFS) today announced $678,000 in grants to support forest restoration on abandoned mine lands at sites in Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee,...
