Dec 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
The forestry industry in the United States has shifted from the Pacific Northwest to the South during the past two decades, all thanks to owls. Rich Vlosky, director of the LSU AgCenter’s Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, said national forests in the West...
Aug 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
In the searing August heat in North Carolina, big yellow logging machines pile up the harvest from 153 acres of sweet gum, red oak and maple trees. A roaring log loader grabs the trunks to slice off 16-foot logs and stack them for one of the sawmills that provide a...
Jun 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
In order to meet the European Union’s goal of 20% renewables by 2020, some European utility companies are moving away from coal and replacing it with wood pellet fuel. The idea is simple: trees will regrow and recapture the carbon released in the burning of wood...
Jun 5, 2013 | News, News/PR
Southern forests are being burned for electricity, and a new campaign announced today aims to put an end to it. Dogwood Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have launched “Our Forests Aren’t Fuel” to raise awareness of an alarming and...
Dec 31, 2012 | News, News/PR
The wood pellet industry in South Carolina is starting to pick up steam with one plant ramping up production and another about to be built. When both facilities are operating, South Carolina will have the capacity to produce about 700,000 tons of pellets annually....
