News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes, April 27, 2006

Activist shareholders target Kimberly-Clark pulp sources

Governor asks U.S. to restore protections for South Carolina ‘s forests

Climate change effects seen in sugar maple

Rare woodpeckers’ habitat needs help, too

Building with green wood

Invasive species harms native hardwoods by killing soil fungus
More information on Garlic Mustard.

Hands-on environmentalism: Landowners, environmentalists, and policymakers worked together to preserve a bear’s habitat.

North Carolina Biomass Conference Presentations Online

TOOLS & RESOURCES
Non-timber Forest Products

General information about NTFPs

Virginia Tech NTFP website

NTPF enterprise development

Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products

Entrepreneurships in the sustainable production of forest grown medicinal plants and other non-timber forest products

Decorative Plants of Appalachia … A Source of Income

There is More to a Forest Than Trees

Economics and Marketing of Ginseng

Production information & resources

Cultivating Native Woodland Botanicals

The Medicinal Herbs for Commerce project

Farming Exotic Mushrooms in the Forest

American Ginseng Production in Woodlots

Forest Production of Goldenseal

Pine Straw Mulch Production

Ramp production

Plant Conservation Alliance