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Funds Available For Forest Thinning Through SPB Prevention Program In Texas
Texas A&M Forest Service is now accepting applications for the 2018 Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) Prevention Program Thinning Cost-Share. Through this program, eligible forest landowners can receive financial and technical assistance with forest thinning in order to...
Hurricane Michael Causes ‘Generational Losses’ Of Up To $3 Billion In Georgia
Hurricane Michael caused devastation through the heart of Georgia's agriculture industries with years of work destroyed in a matter of seconds. Loss estimates total up to nearly $3 billion, according to the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service and the...
Longest-Running Mississippi Forestry Equipment Show Set For Sept. 21-22
The newest timber harvesting and production equipment will be booming at the biennial Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show in Starkville on September 21-22. The show, which is the longest-running, live, in-woods demonstration of forestry equipment in the nation, is in...
Construction Crew Prepares Site For Rex Lumber’s $110M Alabama Sawmill
Construction on a $110 million new Rex Lumber sawmill and dimensional lumber production plant in greater Troy, Ala., started on July 17, 2018, and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2019 with operations beginning in June. The 80-acre earthwork and site...
Nature Conservancy: A New Era In West Virginia Forestry
West Virginia’s forests are one of our greatest natural assets and drivers. They are the home to West Virginia’s beauty, culture and economy. They have driven the way we live, influencing our lives as outdoorsmen and women, and they have kept us proudly connected to...
Louisiana Forestry Industry Accounts For $13 Billion In Economic Output
Despite the digital revolution taking reading off the pages of paperbacks and onto the screens of tablet, the forestry industry continues to grow in Louisiana, according to a report that says in 2015 it accounted for $13 billion in economic output, and one billion in...
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