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[Georgia] As a manufacturing company, Neenah Paper has long been an industry leader in the development of sustainable products and processes, from recycled content papers to chlorine free technologies. Neenah’s comprehensive new environmental platform includes expanded offerings certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Processed Chlorine Free (PCF) certified papers. Neenah was one of…

[England] British woodlands have been allowed to decay to such an extent that entire species of plants and animals are vanishing, a parliamentary report says. Jonathan Wentworth, an environment adviser and co-author of the report, said: “Half of forests in England are effectively derelict and unmanaged. They are losing the very wildlife that people use…

[ Wisconsin ] In the next few weeks, researchers will contact an estimated 300 Wisconsin private non-industrial forestland owners in order to interview their offspring about the family forestlands as part of a landmark forestry study. The comprehensive 30-to-45-minute telephone interview will focus on the attitudes and values of those who will make decisions about…

Appalachian Voices’ staff attorney has finally returned from his holiday hiatus and a whirlwind “hill drop” in Richmond, VA. With his return came this update on Zeb Mountain. In December, Appalachian Voices was informed by the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that its petition for rehearing of the Zeb Mountain appeal had been denied.…

[North Carolina] Ensuring that organic design isn’t all we have left to remember Mother Earth by, some manufacturers at the recent International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, N.C., have committed to saving the planet one table at a time. Gerry Cooklin, founder and CEO of South Cone Furniture Co., is one who is taking…

Ohio tree farmers’ cooperative seeks better markets, prices for ‘King of Pines’ [Ohio] “We’re a group of landowners who thought that by banding together we could more effectively market pine,” explains Woyar, a forester and secretary for the cooperative. Pine trees are actively marketed, Woyar explains, but it is a relatively low-value market in which…

This site is the initiative of a number of different European countries. It presents independent research on why FSC is the only certification system to offer genuine certainty about responsible forest management. The information includes documents by scientists, societal interest groups, legal authorities and governments. News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes…

The Private Stewardship Program provides grants and other assistance on a competitive basis to individuals and groups engaged in local, private, and voluntary conservation efforts that benefit federally listed, proposed, or candidate species, or other at-risk species. Deadline: February 15th, 2007 News notes are courtesy of Southern Forests Network News Notes www.southernsustainableforests.org

54% increase in acres protected since 2000 Growing efforts to save privately owned farms, ranches and forests from industrial and residential development now preserve about as much open space each year as is lost to sprawl, according to a report out today. The National Land Trust Census, conducted every five years by an umbrella organization…

A new supplement to a Department of Energy (DOE) draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for a proposed Pennsylvania coal-to-liquid-fuel plant acknowledges that technology to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) is years away, highlighting a major flaw in the rush to develop such facilities, according to environmentalists who are concerned that the plants will generate millions of…