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Employment Stabilizes For Arkansas’s Timber Plants

Executives like Steve Anthony may not be particularly optimistic about the return of the building boom but Arkansas Business’ annual survey of forest products companies indicates that employment has been stable or a bit improved over the past year. Georgia-Pacific LLC...

Virginia Timber Growers, Loggers Riding Wave Of Prosperity

With the recent opening of International Paper’s new fluff fiber mill in Isle of Wight County and deals inked for one of two proposed wood-pellet manufacturers, loggers and timber growers are seeing green. Locally, the price of pine wood pulp — the primary...

Alabama “Truck Safety Days” Continue With Good Results

The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) and the Alabama Loggers Council (ALC) recently initiated a log truck safety campaign aimed at eliminating log truck accidents. The program, “Logging Zero Accidents,” began with a series of truck driver safety days at each of...