Florida forest landowners impacted by Hurricane Michael in Florida
Registration for the Florida Timber Recovery Block Grant Program is now open for landowners whose forestland in Florida sustained damage from Hurricane Michael.
Entries by Betsy Bates
Florida Prepares To Distribute Disaster Relief Funds
The state of Florida has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the distribution of $380.7 million in block grant funding to Florida timber growers for the damage caused by Hurricane Michael.
Covid-19’s Certain—and Uncertain—Effects on Forestry Sector
It is too soon to know the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the forest products sector, but data is beginning to reveal mixed results.
Housing Numbers Offer Reason For Optimism As Economy Reopens
Housing was poised to make a comeback in 2020 but, like everything else following the start of the coronavirus pandemic, home construction plummeted.
Report Shows Role Of Forests In Offsetting GHG Emissions
A new U.S. Forest Service report finds that American forest ecosystems account for more than 95 percent of all land-based carbon sequestration in the U.S., removing the equivalent of 11 percent of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually from the atmosphere.
Forest Industry Operating During Pandemic; Forestry Leader Urges Caution On Planting Trillion Trees
It’s too soon to know what kind of impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on U.S. timber markets, but the forestry sector has been designated as an essential industry and is therefore allowed to operate during the crisis, the head of one of the nation’s largest forest management firms writes in his company’s quarterly newsletter.
F&W Managers Assess Recent Tree Planting Season
The latest survey of F&W managers on reforestation activity in their areas during the recent 2019/20 tree planting season was mixed but almost all managers said tree planting was above or the same as five years ago.
Positive Signs For Wood Sector With Signing Of Trade Agreement
The trade agreement signed by President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in January included a commitment by China to purchase a substantial amount of goods from the U.S. over the next two years.
Trade War Continues To Impact Forestry Sector
While the U.S. economy is doing well overall, the trade war with China is causing distortions in the normal supply and demand curve for the forestry sector.
Interest In Forest-Generated Carbon Offset Markets Growing
In 2008, the F&W Forestry Report wrote about the newly developing forest-generated carbon offset market.