Jun 13, 2016 | News, News/PR
The forest at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is sick, infected by invasive bugs and plants. Matt Moore, Kaleb Lique Naitove and Emily Baird of the National Park Service are some of the field medics trying to keep it alive. “We’re out here trying to...
Jun 10, 2016 | News, News/PR
It’s one of the most destructive insects native to South Georgia, and it can wreak havoc on the pine tree crop. The Georgia Forestry Commission says there hasn’t been an outbreak of southern pine beetle cases in the last 20 years, but now, unfortunately,...
Jun 8, 2016 | News, News/PR
Drax Biomass played host to a diverse group of international scientists and forestry experts at Morehouse BioEnergy on Monday, following an international conference in Little Rock. Jim Guldin, a supervisory research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service and program...
Jun 6, 2016 | News, News/PR
In partnership with the Southeastern Cohesive Wildland Fire Strategy Coordinator, the office of the Southern Regional Extension Forester (SREF) is pleased to announce the updated Southeastern Strategy website, now with new resources that serve to increase landscape...
Jun 1, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2016, a bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas to combat “fire borrowing,” has been included in the new Energy Policy Modernization Act and is headed for Senate discussion after a conference....
May 27, 2016 | News, News/PR
The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund, a $5 million, 10-year program designed to protect tens of thousands of acres of bottomland forests in northeast North Carolina and southeast Virginia, today announced the recipients of its 2016 grants. “We are very pleased to be...
