GBCA chief executive Romilly Madew said the council was responding to the timber industry's concerns. FSC, which is supported by green groups, has about 80 million hectares of forests certified globally and about 650,000 hectares in Australia. Australian FSC chief executive Michael Spencer said there was strong and growing demand for FSC certified wood products due to customer concern about the state of the world's forests. It had instigated a process to review all timber certification...

Edwardsville students remembered a lost classmate this week by planting a tree at Liberty Middle School in her honor. Her classmates planted a tree and held a memorial in her honor earlier this week. The fountain was originally funded by student fundraising in 1938 and dedicated in honor of the late Superintendent Charles Dorris. Winning classrooms included Sharon McAley in Caseyville, Sandy Callahan in Hollywood Heights, Patty Dominick in Jefferson, Nicole Basarich in Kreitner, Angie Frey...

Both in and out of the woods, he works on a daily basis to ensure that Arkansas's timberlands remain productive for generations to come," said AFA executive vice president Kelly Robbins. A third-generation logger, Jones has seen the business go from saw hands cutting pine saw timber to becoming a fully mechanized operation cutting several products, up to 80 tons per acre. With more than 1,500 members, the organization promotes the conservation of productive, healthy forests. Hamburg,...

One of the city's more popular policemen was recognized Monday afternoon with a tree planted on the grounds of St. We try to be prompt, but moderation time varies depending on time of day and the day of the week. Your Journal encourages you to share thoughts on the preceding article. We will not edit or alter your comments, but we do reserve the right to remove comments violating our terms of use. Comments are not posted to the site immediately. John "Chico" Lee was eulogized by Mayor Tim...

DAILY EXPRESS NEWS Cooling Sabah's urban centres Kota Kinabalu: The time has come for the city and major towns in Sabah to be rid of "rubbish trees" and plant, instead, more appropriate and valuable ones, said Sabah Timber Industries Association (STIA) President Datuk James Hwong. DAILY EXPRESS NEWS Cooling Sabah's urban centres Kota Kinabalu: The time has come for the city and major towns in Sabah to be rid of "rubbish trees" and plant, instead, more appropriate and valuable ones, said...

Jim Sanders, supervisor of the Superior National Forest, said law enforcement investigators are in contact with federal prosecutors, but there's no indication if or when charges might be brought. DULUTH Torrential autumn rains have brought an end to the forest-fire season in northeastern Minnesota, the driest, most destructive year since 1918. Forest Service data shows that more than three-fourths of the blow-down in the area remains unburned and uncut, mostly in the BWCA. attorney's...