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[Georgia] Environmental groups are searching for new ways to fight a batch of management plans in five Southeastern forests they fear could lead to more logging and road construction in pristine wilderness areas. After a two-year wait, the U.S. Forest Service last month denied an administrative appeal from conservation groups who argued the plans could…

Jordan’s fourth short film about Pennies of Promise (which still needs pennies by the way) is the most awesome one yet. It gives you a good, down-to-earth picture of what Ed Wiley and them boys are dealin with day in and day out. And its hilarious. Jordan has put together three other short films with…

[North Carolina] Researchers working at a Duke University outdoor test facility found that loblolly pines growing under carbon-dioxide levels mimicking those predicted for the year 2050 — roughly one and a half times today’s levels — fared somewhat better during and after a major ice storm that hit the area than did loblollies growing under…

[Wisconsin] Wisconsin law states that no “forestry operation” may be declared a nuisance, nor may any town or county pass a zoning ordinance interfering with forestry operations, if carried out by “generally accepted forestry management practices.” But here’s the question: What, exactly, is “generally accepted” and who determines it? What is proposed is that “generally…

Jordan asked were is the town, I replied you must have blinked we just passed through it. Just across the Potomac River in the the Eastern panhandle of West Virginia lies a town that time and “progress” has apparently neglected. Paw Paw is barely a dot on our map, and we thought it would just…

See our virtual flyover of Sundial, WV including an animation of proposed mountaintop removal operations. This is also where Marsh Fork Elementary is located.

Last week, Connecticut-based Curtis Packaging announced it would purchase renewable energy to power its company, bringing the packaging industry one step closer to sustainability. Curtis is one of the first printing and packaging companies in the US to use 100 per cent renewable energy and to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for the…

Marsh Fork Elementary Before Marsh Fork Elementary After Thats a 2.8 billion gallon toxic tsunami creating a 15 foot wall of heavy-metal laden coal sludge crashing down the hollow. No one would survive. We can help them by supporting Pennies of Promise as grandfather Ed Wiley walks 455 miles to get some help for these…

OF NOTE: The United States ranks near the bottom, just ahead of Turkey, in a new survey measuring public acceptance of evolution in 34 countries 40 percent of Americans accept evolution, down from 45 percent over the past 20 years. http://www.physorg.com/news74521886.html

The wood products industry is not generally recognized as having a creative, innovative approach to product development and marketing. Yet dramatic changes in wood products have occurred over the past several decades. This report focuses on the impacts of the green movement on the design and construction industry and the opportunities offered to wood product…