by Web Editor | Sep 22, 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...
by Web Editor | Sep 15, 2014 | News, News/PR
The American Loggers Council and the Forest Resources Association are working together on a project to help men and women considering a career in logging to understand what logging work is like and to link them with the connections they need to find employment. A...
by Web Editor | Sep 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
At quick glance, the aerial view of the Maine forest products industry looks pretty much the same now as it did 20 years ago. First and foremost are the 17.6 million acres of forest that comprise 89% of the state’s total acreage, making Maine the most heavily...
by Web Editor | Sep 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
At least one of the two conservation groups suing over the Red Mountain Flume-Chessman Reservoir project, a planned Montana timber harvest, plans to proceed with a lawsuit despite a federal judge saying the groups are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their case...
by Web Editor | Sep 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
Oregon’s state Board of Forestry is working on balancing a healthy timber industry with healthy salmon runs. It would be the first change to the riparian protections of the Oregon Forest Practices Act since 1994. The question was raised by a 2011 study that...
by Web Editor | Sep 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
The United States Fish & Wildlife Service will make a final decision by next April about whether the northern long-eared bat deserves to be listed as an endangered species – it has already said it believes it does – and some environmentalists appear ready to use...
