by Web Editor | Aug 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
More than 441,000 trees infested with the mountain pine beetle have been cut down since South Dakota launched its Black Hills Forest Initiative three years ago this month. “I am very pleased with the progress we’ve made in treating mountain pine beetle...
by Web Editor | Aug 1, 2014 | News, News/PR
Make-A-Wish Vermont granted the wish of 6-year-old Keegan Brooks by taking him out for a day with Plum Creek Timber loggers in Essex County. Brooks suffers from muscular dystrophy, which severely reduces an individual’s life expectancy. During the referral...
by Web Editor | Jul 30, 2014 | News, News/PR
On July 24, 2014, Congressman Steve Southerland, II of Florida introduced the Right to Haul Act, H.R. 5201 to extend state truck weight limits to the Federal Interstate Highway System, providing relief to agriculture and forestry haulers who have been stifled by...
by Web Editor | Jul 25, 2014 | News, News/PR
Scientists are pitting insects against insects in a battle to control an invasive species. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have released tiny parasitic wasps in forests in Maryland to attack the emerald ash borer, an invader from China that is...
by Web Editor | Jul 23, 2014 | News, News/PR
Jack Swanner is the new Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Professional Loggers (NCAPL), having assumed duties on August 1. He replaces Doug Duncan, who resigned earlier this year to head the Forest Equipment Operator Program, a cooperative course...
by Web Editor | Jul 21, 2014 | News, News/PR
Northwest fire officials declared what essentially amounts to a state of emergency early Friday, calling on national resources to help tapped out crews fighting wildfires in Oregon and Washington. The declaration of a Preparedness Level 5, the top tier, will help...
