Forests
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A new website which collects information on wildfire in the Southeast is now available at https://southernwildfire.net/. This website collects information on wildfire research geared towards Southeastern wildfires as well as shares success stories on dealing with forest fires. It includes information on SouthWRAP, the Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment online mapping tool, an evaluation tool for assessing your…
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Because of the dry conditions in the Carolinas in April, forest fires caused a lot of problems. Here is a write-up of efforts by the North Carolina Forest Service and the State Climate Office of North Carolina to use past weather to help fight the fires this past month.
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While we’ve been relatively cool in the Southeast for the past few days as an upper level passed over us (and some snow was even seen in the mountains of Georgia and North Carolina), hot weather is dominating the central part of the United States and up into Canada. The map below shows the temperature…
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Columbia Metropolitan magazine posted a story recently on the importance of the timber industry to South Carolina. Did you know that timber is SC’s top crop? Forest product industries now have an estimated economic impact of more than $18 billion in the state, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission, and the annual value of…
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The US Forest Service published an interesting article this week on how trees respond to drought by looking at the mechanics of water movement within the tree and through the leaves. Different species of trees respond in different ways and at different rates. You might enjoy reading about this at https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2016/04/26/open-or-shut-how-trees-respond-to-drought-at-the-leaf-level/.
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Rolling Stone magazine had an excellent article this week about the Pine Barrens in New Jersey and how they have the greatest potential for a forest fire catastrophe for anywhere in the United States. Most people think of New Jersey as an urban area and don’t realize how much of the southern part of the…
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Clemson University has announced a meeting May 4 for Southeastern timber growers on how to grow more profitable crops. The meeting announcement is below. LEESVILLE — South Carolina timber growers can learn from experts how to grow more profitable crops at a May 4 meeting. The Growing Our Future meeting takes place at T and S…