Oct 12, 2016 | News, News/PR
Governor Robert Bentley announced this week that Two Rivers Lumber Co. plans to invest $65 million to build a state-of-the-art sawmill in Demopolis that will create 55 jobs initially and a total of 95 eventually. “I am committed to helping the rural areas of the great...
Oct 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
Hurricane Matthew has come and gone, but the South Carolina Forestry Commission’s statewide burning ban remains in effect. A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits outdoor burning, which includes yard debris burning and burning for forestry, wildlife or agricultural...
Oct 7, 2016 | News, News/PR
Because extremely dry weather conditions and low humidity have combined to create an atmosphere favorable for wildfires, the Alabama Forestry Commission has issued a Fire Danger Warning for 46 Alabama counties effective immediately, until appreciable rainfall is...
Oct 5, 2016 | News, News/PR
Weyerhaeuser recently announced it will make a capital investment over the next several years to upgrade its softwood lumber mill in Millport, Ala. This investment, which is consistent with Weyerhaeuser’s existing capital plan, is designed to improve cost...
Sep 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Loggers say they want to bring state Division of Forestry inspectors back to work as soon as possible, preferably through the special session being called by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to address state flood relief funding. The governor’s office says won’t happen because...
Sep 14, 2016 | News, News/PR
Amid rising numbers of at-risk wildlife in the South, the American Forest Foundation (AFF), a leading forest conservation organization that works with family forest owners, recently released a new report that reveals private and family landowners in the South offer a...
