Aug 31, 2016 | News, News/PR
Canadian wood products company Canfor is opening its U.S. headquarters in Mobile. The U.S. branch will operate under the name Canfor Southern Pine, said Fred Stimpson, Canfor Southern Pine president. The move will bring 20 jobs to Mobile, said Troy Wayman, vice...
Aug 15, 2016 | News, News/PR
It grows on every continent except Antarctica and has earned a reputation as one of the worst weeds on earth — and according to U.S. Forest Service emeritus scientist Jim Miller, cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) is without doubt one of the most threatening invasive...
Aug 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
Billions of magnificent trees that were nearly annihilated a century ago are making a slow, yet promising, comeback thanks in part to a team of Clemson University researchers and their collaborators. Colossal stands of longleaf pines once dominated vast swaths of the...
Jun 8, 2016 | News, News/PR
Drax Biomass played host to a diverse group of international scientists and forestry experts at Morehouse BioEnergy on Monday, following an international conference in Little Rock. Jim Guldin, a supervisory research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service and program...
Jun 1, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2016, a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas to combat “fire borrowing,” has been included in the new Energy Policy Modernization Act and is headed for Senate discussion after a conference....
