Tag: forest industry analysis

  • Oregon Timberlands. Timber Access, and Timber Revenue

    FULL STORY HERE: http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2015/03/aid_to_timber-dependent_oregon.html Federal aid that has provided a financial lifeline for timber-dependent counties in Oregon may soon start flowing again after a key congressional deal was announced Tuesday. House Republican and Democratic leaders agreed to include the timber aid – which will pump about US$100 million a year into the economy in mostly…

  • Central Newfoundland Timber Resources for Sale

    The Government of Newfoundland said this week negotiations are still ongoing with a California-based company interested in timber resources in central Newfoundland, according to VOCM radio Wednesday. Rentech is looking to produce wood pellets in Canada; it already has access to wood resources in Ontario. Up for grabs is the 280,000 cubic metres of wood…

  • Habitat Fragmentation: Global Forest Cover

    A new study out of North Carolina State University gives a stark view of the dwindling size of forests globally. The analysis of global forest cover revealed that 70 per cent of remaining forest is within 1 kilometre of the forest’s edge, subject to the degrading effects of fragmentation. A synthesis of fragmentation experiments spanning…

  • UGA Center for Forest Business Timberland Conference 2015

    At the end of February the University of Georgia Center for Forest Business held its prestigious timberland investment conference on Amelia Island, FL, which happens every two years. Subject matter and attendance ranged from timber and lumber finance to tree breeding, from appraisers of all kinds to land investors, and everything in between. Timber-growing regions…

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