by Web Editor | Oct 14, 2011 | News
Forest industry colleagues temporarily put their business challenges behind them and converged near Smithfield, North Carolina for the Mid-Atlantic Logging & Biomass Expo October 7-8. Preliminary calculations put the number of participants at approximately 3,000....
by Web Editor | Oct 14, 2011 | News
Rayonier announced on September 16 it has signed an agreement to acquire approximately 250,000 acres of timberlands located in Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Alabama from Joshua Timberlands LLC and Oklahoma Timber, LLC for $330 million. The acquisition is...
by Web Editor | Sep 30, 2011 | News
The American Tree Farm System (ATFS), a program of the American Forest Foundation (AFF), announced on September 20 that 782,489 acres of privately owned Alabama forestlands have been certified by AFTS for their sustainable management practices. The certification of...
by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2011 | News
Hikers, hunters and fall leaf lookers headed to the mountains in Colorado this fall should be aware that huge stands of lodgepole pines in beetle-killed areas are past due to fall at any moment, based on observations from Colorado State Forest Service foresters. Ryan...
by Web Editor | Sep 16, 2011 | News
A seemingly unstoppable wildfire in Bastrop County east of Austin has destroyed over 500 homes and set a somber state record as the highest number of homes lost in a single fire in Texas history. About 5,000 people were evacuated and the exact number of lost homes is...
by Web Editor | Sep 9, 2011 | News
One of two states in the south with renewable electricity portfolio standards (REPS), North Carolina is now on course to create 12.5% of its electricity from renewable by 2021, and the path became a little smoother with a recent court ruling. Duke Energy, an...
