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Tracy Gunter Left Legacy Of Leadership
Tracy C. Gunter, Jr., long respected for his leadership in the logging industry, and owner of Tracy’s Logging, Leesville, SC, died March 23. He was 84. In October 1997, in the 25th anniversary issue of Southern Loggin’ Times, Gunter was named as...
Tigercat Dealership MidSouth Forestry Acquires Patrick-Miller
Since 1996, Patrick-Miller Tractor Co. has been committed to serving customers across Louisiana as a Tigercat dealer. “Tigercat has been a blessing for me and my family,” says Doug Patrick, former owner of Patrick-Miller Tractor Co. “It's been a...
Enviva Closing Amory Mill in Mississippi
Emerging from bankruptcy in late 2024, Enviva announced in early February that it was closing its Amory pellet plant in northeast Mississippi. The Amory facility was the company’s first plant operated in the U.S. and was acquired in 2010. According...
Texas Fires Repsond To Active Forest Management
Although it may seem counterintuitive to fight fire with fire in the forest, a recent report by Mandy Chumley with the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas and Danielle Knight, Forest Service (FS) Southern Region and published in the Texas...
FS: Southern Pulpwood Output Continues Decline
Despite a Fastmarkets RISI projection that 2024 will show a 2% gain in overall U.S. pulp and paper wood usage, a report in the Fastmarkets RISI North American Woodfiber & Biomass Markets newsletter on recently released U.S. Forest Service (FS)...
New OSB Project In Alabama Gains Permitting
Peak Renewables U.S. Inc. has received required permitting for the construction and operation of a greenfield 650MMSF oriented strandboard plant in Enterprise (Coffee County), Ala. Last February, the Enterprise City Council approved ordinances to...
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