Jan 13, 2016 | News, News/PR
Funds are now available for forest landowners near the Sam Houston National Forest through the Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership. This partnership between USDA Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Texas A&M Forest Service looks...
Dec 9, 2015 | News, News/PR
Private landowners in Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Polk and Tyler counties may now apply for funding to help sustain, enhance and restore longleaf pine on their property. Funding is available through the Forestland Stewards Initiative to assist with costs associated with...
Nov 16, 2015 | News, News/PR
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Tuesday announced $10.6 million in funding available to aid forest managers working to restore longleaf pine ecosystems on private lands in nine states. Alabama will receive $2.6 million in funding to aid forest...
Feb 11, 2015 | News, News/PR
With years of experience under his belt, Bill Rivers looked to the rising smoke coming off the burning undergrowth at a longleaf pine forest in St. Tammany Parish and wasn’t pleased. “It wobbled,” he said, referring to the winds on Jan. 30 that seemed to take the...
Nov 14, 2014 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Forest Service has unveiled a draft management plan that would allow logging on 700,000 acres of the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests. Officials said Wednesday the plan is aimed at preserving the woods and restoring habitat diversity. The Forest Service...