Aug 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
By the end of 2015, if all goes as expected, a forest the size of Fayetteville will be fed into two huge wood pellet plants to create energy for European industry. That much everyone agrees on. Whether it’s a good thing remains a subject of debate. Loggers,...
Jul 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Jack Swanner is the new Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers (NCAPL), having assumed duties on August 1. He replaces Doug Duncan, who resigned earlier this year to head the Forest Equipment Operator Program, a cooperative course...
Dec 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
Conservation groups reached an agreement with the Forest Service that will allow the agency to move forward with the controversial Courthouse Creek timber sale. The agreement reduces the size of the timber sale, removing logging from significant ecological areas and...
Nov 18, 2013 | News, News/PR
A trio of North Carolina conservation groups are appealing a local district ranger’s decision to log the Courthouse Creek drainage of the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County. On behalf of WildSouth, the Wilderness Society and the Western North Carolina...
Aug 28, 2013 | News, News/PR
Sensitive North Carolina wetland forests are threatened by Europe’s voracious appetite for wood pellets, two environmental groups say in a new report that targets the Enviva pellet mill in Ahoskie. The report warns that wetland hardwoods around Ahoskie are more likely...