Mar 29, 2017 | News, News/PR
Another sign of spring in the mountains – the Cradle of Forestry in America historic site will open April 8 with a living history event, “Old Time Plowing and Folkways.” The site of the first forestry school in the United States (hence the name...
Mar 20, 2017 | News, News/PR
An N.C. State University forestry professor has won an international prize for his work in the molecular genetics of forest trees. Ron Sederoff was awarded the 2017 Marcus Wallenberg Prize on Friday. He will receive the award in Stockholm on Oct. 26 from the King of...
Jan 9, 2017 | News, News/PR
Wood products manufacturer Woodgrain Millwork, Incorporated announced it is building a $4-million pellet mill at its Lenoir manufacturing site along Complex Street that will create 15 new full-time jobs. The 15,000-square-foot project, which is expected to be...
Dec 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
Raging wildfires fueled by high winds forced of thousands of people in the U.S. South to flee and were believed to have wiped out an entire resort of more than 100 buildings in the Great Smoky Mountains as National Guard troops arrived early Tuesday to help...
Nov 11, 2016 | News, News/PR
At least 20 wildfires in North Carolina are being investigated as suspected arson, officials said, as firefighters from across the country focused a pocket of fires in the bone-dry southern Appalachian Mountains. A division of the U.S. Forest Service said fires have...
