by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2011 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2011 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 14, 2011 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2011 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2011 | News
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...
by Web Editor | Oct 28, 2011 | News
Federal support crept slowly into Texas this past summer during the height of wildfires scorching the state, and the federal government felt the wrath of Texas in a congressional hearing recently held at the Texas State Capitol. “A lot of people are very angry with...
