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The U.S. wood supply system is the largest and most highly developed in the world, providing the raw material that furnishes our country’s seventh largest industrial sector: forest products. Overregulation threatens this system’s ability to continue to serve both its economic and environmental goals.
Thursday, 28 May 2020 01:27
Forest Resources Association 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting | Summary of Business
by FRA
This year marked the first-ever virtual FRA Annual Meeting, held May 18-20. Over 100 members gathered via conference call for committee work and the governance decisions that will guide the association through the coming year.
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Tuesday, 26 May 2020 01:02
How About Some Good News for a Change?
by David West | FRA Wood Supply Chain Specialist and Southwide Region Manager and Todd Martin | President and CEO of The Southern Loggers Cooperative
As we do not hear a lot of good news these days, I think it is time for some. At our Southcentral Region Spring Meeting this past March, one of our presentation topics was The Southern Loggers Cooperative (SLC).
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 23:23
A New Harvesting System in the Appalachian Mountains
by Rick Meyer | FRA Appalachian Region Manager
This winter, I observed what might be the most interesting and innovative timber harvesting system to be tried in the Appalachians in the last three decades: The cable assist/tethered logging system that was started in New Zealand and has proven successful in steep, rugged terrain in the western U.S.