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Arkansas Group Receives USDA Bottomland Grant
Dr. Homer Wilkes, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), met with faculty from the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) and the Arkansas Forest Resources Center (AFRC) of the University…
Northeast Texas Tornadoes Cause Estimated $13 Million In Damage To Timber
A series of tornadoes that struck Northeast Texas in early November damaged timber on more than 10,000 acres; the timber was worth an estimated $13 million. Storms that tracked across North Texas on Nov. 4 resulted in seven tornadoes, five of which…
Alabama Wildlife Federation, The Westervelt Co. Unveil “Westervelt Forest”
Representatives of the Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF) and The Westervelt Co. unveiled “Westervelt Forest” with a ribbon cutting on December 6. The seventy-acre working forest and wildlife demonstration area, located at AWF State Headquarters in…
Enviva Plants Longleaf As Part Of NC Forest Restoration Project
Enviva has partnered with the Sandhills Prescribed Burn Assn. and Milliken Advisors to sustainably thin the loblolly pine on over 500 acres of Hoke Community Forest in preparation for the establishment of a longleaf pine savannah in North Carolina….
Rayonier Announces Acquisitions in U.S. South
Rayonier Inc. has announced that the company entered into two separate agreements to acquire approximately 172,400 acres of high-quality commercial timberlands located in Texas, Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana for an aggregate purchase price of…
University Of Georgia Researchers Will Reengineer Poplar
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia and two partner institutions have been awarded a $15.8 million grant over five years from the U.S. Dept. of Energy to reengineer poplar trees to be used as a sustainable energy…
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