May 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
With a nearly $29 billion impact, the Georgia forestry industry is one of state’s largest economic forces. Tree farmer Roy Malone, 93, is one of the nearly 3,500 people across Central Georgia who work in forestry. “I came back from World World II and I...
Nov 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Rayonier Inc. has finished a massive expansion to its mill in Jesup, Ga. The $385 million cellulose specialties expansion added 190,000 metric tons of additional production capacity to the mill. Rayonier’s cellulose specialties fibers are used in everyday products...
Jun 17, 2013 | News, News/PR
Hurt by the collapsing housing market, the timber industry in Georgia is showing signs of a potential rebound. The state’s $15 billion timber industry was punished during the Great Recession. Forestry industry payrolls peaked at nearly 68,000 before the housing bust,...
May 8, 2013 | News, News/PR
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message for Georgia’s tree huggers, and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The campaign kicks off May 14 in an auditorium at the Atlanta headquarters of Georgia-Pacific, a company founded in...
Jan 14, 2013 | News, News/PR
A new report says Georgia’s forest industry added jobs in 2011 for the first time in four years. The report by Georgia Tech, conducted for the Georgia Forestry Commission, showed 46,378 workers were directly employed in forestry related jobs in 2011 — up 6.8%...
