Published June 27, 2007 08:20 pm - Nurseries offer right tree for you By Molly Day Muskogee Garden Club Jared McClure, co-owner of Green Valley Nursery and Tree Farm in Claremore has considerable experience with planting trees and shrubs in the landscaping jobs the company does. Published June 27, 2007 08:20 pm - Nurseries offer right tree for you By Molly Day Muskogee Garden Club Jared McClure, co-owner of Green Valley Nursery and Tree Farm in Claremore has considerable experience with...

In the region where Gebhardt Timber Management is located, the primary timber species are oaks and walnut with some soft maple, cherry, sycamore and hickory harvested as well. Saw logs are processed into furniture grade lumber and high grade veneers while cants and low-grade logs are processed into industrial lumber products and pallet cut stock. My dad got us started in the timber industry when he started sawmilling in 1957, Michael said. Michael is part of a large family, many of whom...

It comes from both human and natural activities and uses by-products from the timber industry, agricultural crops, raw material from forests, household wastes, and wood. It comes from both human and natural activities and uses by-products from the timber industry, agricultural crops, raw material from forests, household wastes, and wood. Like wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy, biomass produces fewer emissions than its fossil fuel counterparts. Biomass to Biofuels Market...

The four-step gas tax hike accounts for the lion's share of a revenue package lawmakers approved in 2005 to generate $8. Union-represented employees also are in line for a one-time payment of $756, representing their share of health-care spending that was approved, but not spent, in the last two-year contract period. It's the third annual increase in a row, pushing the state gas tax to 36 cents a gallon, fifth highest in the country. Employees in wage categories that lag behind their...

Laurance told the group of 20 hand-picked representatives of the timber industry, environmental groups, the U. The purpose of the gathering, held at Laurance s home on the banks of the South Umpqua River, was to get people of varied backgrounds talking and to see the potential for creating new jobs and protecting existing ones while also helping forests and the environment. The purpose of the gathering, held at Laurance s home on the banks of the South Umpqua River, was to get people of...

The natural resource that once sustained them, a native palm tree called the babassu, is no longer the accessible source of income it once was. By trying to free the trees they claim they are defending their right to live in the land of their ancestors and by extension, their right to food. However, their future became uncertain as the womens access to land and to the babassu trees became more and more restricted. Landlords expelled poor farmers and their families, as many women could not...