May 31, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell recently announced over $8.3 million to substantially expand and accelerate wood products and wood energy markets. Federal funds will leverage almost $37 million in matching funds from 36 business, university, nonprofit, and...
Jan 25, 2017 | News, News/PR
Trees outnumber people 300 to 1 in the United States, with woodlands covering one-third of the country in the U.S. Forest Service’s latest census. Only trees at least 5 inches in diameter are counted in the U.S. Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis...
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...
Oct 28, 2016 | News, News/PR
After weeks of limited rainfall, the Kentucky Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service are joining efforts to prevent wildland forest fires across the state. “The dry weather conditions, along with above normal temperatures, have fire management officials...
Sep 9, 2016 | News, News/PR
Hurricanes and other major storms cause billions of dollars of damage to southern timber resources. If you add the increased risk of wildfire, insect infestations, and disease that accompany downed wood, you have millions of acres of forests vulnerable to further harm...
