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...
Jul 2, 2014 | News, News/PR
Two years ago, a new industry came to Dallas County, proposing to produce and ship small pellets of wooden material across international borders from Dallas County. Titled Zilkha Biomass Energy, the company proposed to compress wooden material into small, black...
Feb 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
International Forest Products Ltd. (Interfor) agreed to purchase operations including two Georgia sawmills for $180 million from Ilim Timber Continental SA to expand in the U.S. Southeast. International Forecast Products, the Vancouver-based company known as Interfor,...
Oct 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
Alabama logger Bobby Collins spoke with uncertainty as he described the options he will be forced to pursue when an Alabama mill closes. In addition to the 1,096 International Paper employees who will be displaced when the Courtland mill closes by late March, the...
Jul 22, 2013 | News, News/PR
America’s forest landowners and forest products industries rely heavily on a cadre of small businesses for the harvesting and transporting of trees. If those small businesses don’t thrive, forest landowners and converting mills suffer. The U.S. Endowment for Forestry...