2011 West Coast Log, Lumber Exports Surpass 2010 Totals

Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in the first three quarters of 2011 have surpassed the total exports of 2010 according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. “The increasing shipments to China...

German Pellets To Build Huge Plant In East Texas

German Pellets is coming to America. The largest wood pellet manufacturer in Europe is building its first pellet plant in the U.S. in Tyler County, East Texas. The company intends to manufacture 500,000 metric tons of wood pellets per year, with the first pellets...

USFS Announces One Million Acres Of Protected Forest

The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that the agency has protected one million acres of forest through its Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program. The millionth-acre milestone was reached on private land in New Kent County, Va., as a result of the Logger...

President Pushes Forest Community Funding

President Obama’s 2012 budget proposal calls for a five-year extension of an act that provides funding to historically forest-dependent communities that have been impacted over the last several decades by downturns in the forest products industry. The Secure Rural...

Eastern U.S. Forests Being Affected By Climate Change

Over half of tree species in the eastern U.S. forests aren’t adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as once predicted, according to Duke University researchers. Almost 59% of the species examined in a study by Duke University showed signs that...

NC State Gets $4 Million Biofuel Production Grant

North Carolina State University will use a $4 million grant to study the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly ways of producing biofuels from trees and from forest harvesting residue. NC State is part of the Southeast Partnership for Integrated...