by Associated Press Published: February 20,2012
Tags: Closing, facility, forestry, jobs, layoffs, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, trees, unemployment, wood, workers
GRENADA — Koppers Holdings Inc., which produces carbon compounds and wood treatment products, says it will close a facility in Grenada because of low levels of profitability that show no signs of future improvement. Pittsburgh-based Koppers said in a news release that the wood treating plant in Grenada, which employed about 46 people, shut down [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 10,2012
Tags: blaze, disaster, fire, forestry, lumber, manufacturing, plant, timber, trees, wood
GLOSTER — A fire has destroyed the former Georgia-Pacific paper mill in Gloster. The Natchez Democrat reports fire units from several counties and Louisiana responded to the fire. Amite County fire coordinator Sam Walsh says the plant was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. There were no injuries because workers had already left. The mill [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2012
Tags: cleanup, environment, federal government, foresters, forestry, lumber, manufacturing, timber, trees, wood
LAMAR COUNTY — The Environmental Protection Agency has started the cleanup of the Davis Timber Superfund site in Lamar County and the length of the project and cost could turn out to be less than expected. The Hattiesburg American reports EPA official Scott Martin from Atlanta has told supervisors that a November survey of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 3,2012
Tags: courts, employment, firing, forestry, forests, lumber, state government, timber, trees, wood
FRANKLIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Forestry Commission has appealed a judge’s ruling that it wrongly fired a Franklin County forester who opposed logging plan pushed by the state. The state Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments in the case on Jan. 18. A Franklin County judge ruled for Stephen Oglesby in 2010. According to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 16,2011
Tags: environment, federal government, fish, habitat, lumber, mill, pullutants, sawmills. pollution, timber, trees, wildlife
PEARL RIVER — Temple-Inland Inc. faces a federal criminal investigation over an August spill that killed thousands of fish in the Pearl River south of its Bogalusa, La., paper mill. A Mississippi official said environmental regulators from Mississippi and Louisiana have spoken repeatedly to federal investigators about the August incident, which left 500,000 dead fish [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 15,2011
Tags: environment, fish, forests, lumber, manufacturing, mills, pollution, state government, timber, trees, wildlife, wood
PEARL RIVER — Staff from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) has released approximately 3,000 “harvestable-size” channel catfish into the Pearl River. These larger fish will provide an immediate fishing resource to a depleted population, are less susceptible to predation than fingerlings, and will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 7,2011
Tags: agriculture, crops, farm subsidies, farmers, farms, federal ogvernment, foresters, forests, ranchers, ranches, subsidies, trees
WASHINGTON — Farm-state lawmakers are moving to create a whole new subsidy that would protect farmers when their revenue drops — an unprecedented program that critics say could pay billions of dollars to farmers now enjoying record-high crop prices. The subsidy, free insurance that would cover farmers’ “shallow crop losses” before their paid insurance kicks [...] [...]
BOGALUSA, La. — Major, expensive improvements to the Bogalusa paper mill responsible for a massive August fish kill in the Pearl River will begin at the end of the year. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality released a timeline last week detailing when the Temple-Inland mill must begin and complete construction of new infrastructure designed [...] [...]
MARION COUNTY — Georgia Pacific is closing down its Marion County sawmill, effectively putting 65 people out of work. Georgia Pacific spokeswoman Melody Ruse tells WDAM-TV employees of the sawmill, located just north of Columbia, were informed of the closure Monday. Ruse says dwindling housing starts nationwide is the reason for the closure. She says [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2011
Tags: county government, forest, forestry, landfills, manufacturing, paper, solid waste, timber, trees, waste, wood
REDWOOD — International Paper can build an 18-acre landfill on its property on Mississippi Highway 3 in Redwood after Warren County officials amended local solid waste rules. The decision by county supervisors came this week after the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said there was no provision in the county’s solid waste plan for a [...] [...]
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