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FRA Names Tapscott Brothers National Outstanding Logger For 2020
Forest Resources Assn. (FRA) and Stihl Inc. honored Tapscott Brothers Logging of Scottsville, Va. as FRA’s 2020 National Outstanding Logger. The Tapscotts had won FRA’s Southeastern region Outstanding Logger award and then were selected by a…
Enviva Reports On New Pellet Projects
Enviva reports that civil work continues at the new wood pellet production plant project in Lucedale, Miss. and at the new deep-water marine terminal in Pascagoula, Miss. Enviva expects the construction of the Lucedale plant and the Pacagoula terminal to be...
RoyOMartin Land and Timber Marks 13-Year Safety Milestone
Louisiana-based RoyOMartin’s land and timber department, which manages nearly 550,000 acres in east Texas and Louisiana, has completed 13 years without an OSHA-recordable injury, effective August 2. The company says keys to the team’s success include reporting...
Tigercat Completes 718 Drive-To F-B Lineup
Tigercat recently completed its drive-to-tree feller-buncher lineup with the release of the 718G. One of the last Tigercat machines to receive a Tigercat FPT Tier 4 engine, it was a challenge to package the additional after treatment componentry required for Tier 4...
Judge Upholds $800,000 Ruling Against Logger
A U.S. District Court Judge rejected an appeal and upheld a 2018 ruling ordering Timberline South of Gaylord, Mich. to pay $878,874 in back wages and liquidated damages to 50 employees for violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair...
Tennessee State Forests Meet SFI Standards
All 15 of Tennessee’s state forests are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. The Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture’s Div. of Forestry recently announced that all state forests—covering 168,359 acres—passed the third-party...
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