Dec 9, 2013 | News, News/PR
South Carolina’s forests may be ripe to harvest woody biomass, a source that’s emerged as an export to European markets to power their electrical plants, but mass cutting of small trees and undergrowth may be bad in the long term for the state’s forests and its most...
Nov 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
The South Carolina forestry industry is poised for growth over the next decade. By 2020, annual harvest volumes are expected to increase by four to eight million tons, or 20 to 40 percent over the current 20 million tons. This is just one of the positive numbers to...
Sep 16, 2013 | News, News/PR
The South Carolina forest industry is making a comeback. The state’s forests are fuller than at any time in the past 100 years, just as demand for wood is very slowly on the rise and prices also are creeping up. That could portend a pine harvest boom in the next seven...