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[ Idaho ] the Nez Perce hope to restore their forests, fend off climate change, and make some money while they’re at it. Brian Kummet, a forester for the tribe, calls the 400-acre Tramway “a flagship project” for the practice known as carbon sequestration, in which trees are planted to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide —…

[ Florida ] A handful of Florida utilities are considering using wood and crops, called biomass, as an energy source. A Georgia company plans to build a plant in Tallahassee converting wood waste to gas that it would sell to the city utility. Progress Energy has agreed to buy electricity from a plant in Central…

[ Mississippi ] The U.S. Forest Service has hired a Corvallis timber industry consultant to find creative ways to market a brand-new grade of lumber from the Gulf Coast : hurricane pine. More than a year after Katrina tore through the region, vast tracts of downed timber remain strewn across the landscape — including an…

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. today announced it will begin sourcing, effective immediately, virtually all (in excess of 95 percent) of the paper used in the company’s seven catalogs (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, west elm and Williams-Sonoma Home) from sources certified by FSC (Forest Stewardship Council). FSC certification ensures, through…

[ North Carolina ] More than 300 business leaders, government officials and sustainability advocates gathered to honor the winners of the 5th Annual Sustainability awards… 2006 Finalists [included] The Forestland Group: The Forestland Group is private equity firm with a portfolio of naturally regenerating hardwood and pine forests for institutional investors. TFG currently manages approximately…

[ England ] The most comprehensive map of endangered species and where they live has shown that 11% of birds, 24% of mammals and 33% of amphibians are at risk. But worryingly for conservationists, the map suggests that threatened species are not clustered together, making it harder to target resources. So the current “silver bullet”…

The purpose of this website is to provide information and tools to forestry entrepreneur’s in developing new businesses, sustaining existing enterprises, and developing those business skills that will be necessary to become sustainable enterprises in our Southwest forests. The site should also serve as a reference to community collaborative organizations that are striving to develop…

[ New York ] Bruno buys timber on private land and state land. He prefers to cut on state land when he can. “A lot of private landowners want to clear-cut everything,” he said. “They want to high grade it and take the best and get the money for it. But on state land I…

[ Maine ] …Plum Creek touts the presumed economic benefits of its development proposal in the Moosehead Lake region… Dr. Charles Colgan of the Muskie School for Public Policy has forecast the economic benefits of three sectors of the proposed development: industrial forestry, tourism, and construction. A close reading of the report actually reveals that…

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