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South Carolina Implements Statewide Quarantine On Ash Wood
South Carolina officials have declared a statewide emergency quarantine of some wood products due the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), an invasive insect pest that inhabits and destroys native ash trees. Under the quarantine, Clemson University officials will regulate the...
Is Cross-Laminated Timber A Good Fit For Arkansas Forestry?
Architecture and design experts with the University of Arkansas Fay Jones School of Architecture recently met with timber and forestry experts for a day-long conference intended to examine the feasibility of adopting a new timber technology that produces structural...
International Paper To Invest $300 Million In Alabama Mill
International Paper is investing $300 million in its Riverdale Mill in Selma to help grow its industrial packaging business. The announcement was made Friday at the company’s headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee. “I think it’s pretty exciting in terms of investment in...
Mississippi Increases Collaboration With Good Neighbor Authority Agreement
The U.S. Forest Service has announced that federal and state forest management officials signed a Good Neighbor Authority agreement, a tool to improve forest health, including efforts to suppress the unprecedented southern pine beetle epidemic that includes nearly...
State Line Meeting With Alabama, Louisiana And Mississippi Foresters
On August 17 and 18, state foresters from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, along with their staffs and personnel from the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS), gathered in Biloxi, MS. This was the third State Line Meeting for state foresters Wade...
Tiny Pine Beetles A Giant Scourge On Alabama’s Timber Industry
For such a small bug, it’s creating huge problems. The Southern pine beetle is gnawing its way through woodlands in the state, killing trees and profits. Money really does grow on trees in Alabama. Agriculture is the No. 1 industry in the state, generating a yearly...
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