Jan 31, 2018 | News, News/PR
Dry conditions in our area are making it dangerous. Farmers said they are seeing the impacts of the drought due to the continued dry and dead grass and windy conditions. “We are in relatively high drought conditions in the Southside, Pittsylvania County in...
Jan 29, 2018 | News, News/PR
Enviva, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, recently released its latest Track & Trace sourcing data, marking one year of public reporting and two years of tracking the company’s sustainable sourcing practices. These data are a key tool used...
Jan 24, 2018 | News, News/PR
The heat’s been on in some state forests in Northeast Florida lately, despite the frigid temperatures of recent weeks. State forestry crews have been systematically burning dead underbrush in an effort to prevent wildfires over the next few months. The hazard...
Jan 22, 2018 | News, News/PR
A bill introduced last week that would allow commercial logging in West Virginia’s state parks as a way to pay for the park system’s backlogged maintenance work has prompted nine conservation groups to form a coalition opposing the bill’s passage. Senate Bill 270,...
Jan 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
Despite a slow housing market and other lingering effects of the recession, Mississippi’s forests remain the state’s second most valuable agricultural commodity for 2017. John Auel, an assistant Extension professor of forestry at Mississippi State University,...
Jan 8, 2018 | News, News/PR
The headwaters of Otterdam Swamp and Three Creek are closer to long-term protection via a working forest conservation easement on forestlands in the region. The easement is made possible through a partnership between the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) and the...