Dec 7, 2016 | News, News/PR
For about 15 years, the state’s most destructive forest insect has been lying low in South Carolina. But damage caused by recent droughts, storms and wildfires raises the specter of a resurgence. Sizable infestations of southern pine beetles have been few and far...
Dec 2, 2016 | News, News/PR
Raging wildfires fueled by high winds forced of thousands of people in the U.S. South to flee and were believed to have wiped out an entire resort of more than 100 buildings in the Great Smoky Mountains as National Guard troops arrived early Tuesday to help...
Nov 30, 2016 | News, News/PR
Flames tore through the Great Smoky Mountains, killing at least three people, scorching hundreds of homes and businesses and sending more than 14,000 fleeing from the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Tourists and residents scrambled Monday night and early...
Nov 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
Supporters of a reliable, affordable, and diverse energy mix often discuss an “all-of-the-above” approach to American energy production. In Mississippi, we benefit from a wide variety of energy production that creates thousands of jobs across the state. Crude oil,...
Nov 18, 2016 | News, News/PR
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and the American Forest Foundation (AFF) recently announced the launch of the Southern Woods for At-Risk Wildlife Partnership, which will help Southern family forest owners protect at-risk wildlife, while at the same...
Nov 11, 2016 | News, News/PR
At least 20 wildfires in North Carolina are being investigated as suspected arson, officials said, as firefighters from across the country focused a pocket of fires in the bone-dry southern Appalachian Mountains. A division of the U.S. Forest Service said fires have...