Mar 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
TEAM Safe Trucking, a volunteer alliance committed to elevating the safety, performance, and professional level of the forest industry’s transportation sector, is moving forward with its ambitious program. The group consists of key integral facets of the forest...
Jul 13, 2016 | Editor's Blog
Written By: Wendy Farrand A hint of daylight seeps through the wooden blinds as I rise from my cherry bed, and go down the old pine stairs to the kitchen to make my husband’s lunch. Holding onto the oak banister, I make my way slowly as my muscles wake up....
Jul 6, 2016 | News, News/PR
Harvesting wood debris from areas that have been clear-cut of timber does not affect the animals that live there, according to a study from researchers at N.C. State University. Chris Moorman, a professor of forestry and environmental resources, and his students spent...
Jan 18, 2016 | News, News/PR
OSHA has issued two willful, 11 serious and three other-than-serious violations to A and S Tree Service as part of a local emphasis program in Charleston, W.Va., focused on logging. In 2015, 27 percent of all work-related fatalities in West Virginia occurred in...
Sep 28, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Alabama Forestry Commission’s budget has been cut more than half since 2011, including a 19.6 percent cut this year. Alabama State Forester Greg Pate said the commission couldn’t handle any cuts, especially one so drastic. Pate said the cut will cause...