Apr 1, 2015 | News, News/PR
For more than a year, many westbound drivers crossing the Mississippi River on the Interstate 10 bridge connecting Baton Rouge and Port Allen may have wondered why two giant, white domes were under construction on the west bank. Last month, large trucks began filling...
Feb 4, 2015 | News, News/PR
A recently released study led by U.S. Forest Service scientists and published by the Forest Service’s Southern Research Station (SRS) finds that policies in the European Union (EU) and elsewhere requiring the use of renewable and low greenhouse gas-emitting...
Nov 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
After a timber company makes its plywood or paper, there’s leftover sawdust and wood shavings. These leftovers are called woody biomass and in Georgia, they’re becoming a big source of renewable energy. A Pew study ranked Georgia third in the country for converting...
Sep 24, 2014 | News, News/PR
Timbervest LLC acquired 13,220 acres of timberland in Georgia, Tennessee and Vermont. The Atlanta-based timber-related asset and investment manager said the land will be part of its $400 million commingled Timbervest Partners III LP investment fund (TVP III). Some...
Aug 20, 2014 | News, News/PR
Highland Pellets LLC, an Arkansas company, today announced the building of a 500,000 metric ton per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The $130 million plant will create more than 35 direct jobs and an additional 482 indirect jobs with a direct...
