The government used to let timber companies clear-cut areas of the national forest to support loblolly pine plantations, a practice that later proved devastating. The advisory group of area residents and conservationists is choosing a plan to repair damage caused by the timber industry. The Forest Service is in the middle of the first phase of restoration, which includes thinning all loblolly pine plantations between 15 and 45 years old. One-species plantations serve as buffets for insects...

We are hoping they understand the forests of Texas, the ecosystem all the plants and animals that depend on the forest, the economics of the forests and all the different folks who make their living on the forest. The grandeur of Deep East Texas pine trees bordering narrow rural roads surprised and amazed the North Texas teacher originally from California almost as much, she said, as the timber industry's commitment to the environment. Earlier in the week while visiting an OSB wood...

study in an effort to lobby the province and industries to protect more of the forest in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We mapped and reviewed the entire area and found the foothills still contain high conservation values -- some of global significance -- but with the amount of ongoing industrial activity and the low level of protection, if there is not immediate corrective action the situation can safely be called dire, said James Strittholt, who authored the report. We mapped and...

About 50 per cent of the residual chips used at their mills come from coastal sawmills. About 20 per cent of the company s supply comes from Fleetwood Logging, that operates a chipper in Port Mellon, but once their supply of incoming logs ends, they ll have no chips to sell, and HSPP will be forced to issue temporary layoffs to its employees. Strike could affect HSPP mill. About 20 per cent of the company s supply comes from Fleetwood Logging, that operates a chipper in Port Mellon, but...

The online shopping comparison marketplace that helps you find discount shopping and compare prices on products and services in your city and around the country. Cedar accounts for less than 20 percent of the trees grown on the firm's Idaho forestland, but it's a high-value product from the company's sawmills in St. Potlatch corp. remains on track to sell about 20,000 acres of timberland this year, cashing in on demand for wooded cabin sites and land for recreational use, officials said...

Humboldt Redwoods State Park announced it is initiating a project to treat 300 acres of second-growth forest located within the Panther Creek watershed to accelerate the development of old-growth forest conditions and decrease surface fuels. Management efforts are necessary to restore the trajectory of stand development, which will promote the forest s historic species composition and structure. The treatment will place the forest stand on a trajectory that will result in more old-growth...

Stampfl emphasizes that landowners should contact their local DNR forester or a private consulting forester to gather information and advice before signing on the dotted line. The caller is disturbed by what is happening on his or her property and after a bit of questioning, the forester usually finds that the property owner has signed a contract with the logger allowing them to do exactly what they are doing. Stampfl says in all cases you or your agent should check a logger's references...

A lekgotla briefing paper notes that industrialisation in South Africa has yet to reach its full potential and faces a range of constraints which have led to low manufacturing profitability. Explained by President Thabo Mbeki, the plan aims to implement the national industrial policy framework which was approved in January of this year, though details have still not yet been published. The trade and industry minister will also announce the broad direction of the motor industry development...

Forest Service, was initially concerned that it was just a matter of time before the destructive insects jumped the Continental Divide and crossed from the Pike National Forest on the Twin Lakes side of the pass to the White River National Forest on the Aspen side. Forest Service, was initially concerned that it was just a matter of time before the destructive insects jumped the Continental Divide and crossed from the Pike National Forest on the Twin Lakes side of the pass to the White...