Tennessee State Forests Meet SFI Standards
All 15 of Tennessee’s state forests are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. The Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture’s Div. of Forestry recently announced that all state forests—covering 168,359 acres—passed the third-party...UGA Truck Research: Safer On Interstates
Research by the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources shows that log hauling and trucking operations are inherently safer when able to use interstate highway routes as much as possible. The findings bolster support for the federal...
Southern Hardwood Mill Liquidating Assets, Auction Scheduled
Oak Valley Hardwoods, Inc. a sawmill, veneer and plywood company with eight locations in North Carolina and Virginia, is ceasing operations and has chosen Bright Star Realty and Auctions, LLC to liquidate their equipment. Items to be sold include wheel loaders,...How Loggers Can Help Loggers
GET INVOLVED: A group of logging and trucking associations from around the country representing 34 states, including the American Loggers Council (ALC), have launched a campaign to garner attention from Congress, the U.S. Senate and the President to include logging...