Georgia Cashes in on Timber
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By Rob Pavey< Staff Writer  RAYSVILLE, Ga.- Soon after the government bought or condemned 150,000 acres of east Georgia farmland in the early 1940s to create the mammoth  Clark Hill Lake reservoir, foresters began the conversion of dormant cotton plantations to a new cash crop: timber.
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Cleanup crews worked Monday to clear toppled trees from roadways and restore electricity to neighborhoods that were still without power after a winter storm spread sheets of ice up to 2 inches thick across Georgia.
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Many people could use some extra money this time of year. It just so happens the Internal Revenue Service has some extra money on hand -- and if you are among the 2,915 taxpayers in Georgia
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WAYCROSS, Ga., June 3 -- Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
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VANCOUVER -- An already buoyant lumber market is getting a psychological boost from the combined impact of hurricane Charley and reports of surprisingly strong US housing construction activity.
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Weyerhaeuser Co.'s third-quarter  profit rose on higher prices for lumber and a large gain from  the sale of timberlands in Georgia, the company said on Friday.
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A cottage industry is growing in parts   of the U.S. Gulf Coast to help residents displaced by Hurricane   Katrina construct cheaper, easy-to-build homes.
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Weyerhaeuser Co.'s  quarterly profit  rose sharply on a large gain from the sale of timberlands in  Georgia and it set tender offers to reduce as much as $700  million in debt, the company said on Friday.
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Environmentalists, sportsmen and investors wrestle over parcels sold off by timber companies that have fallen on hard times.
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By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times  Mar. 7--In a partial win for environmentalists, Washington's state-owned forestlands could for the first time earn an environmental stamp of approval for logging practices.
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WAYCROSS, Ga.  -- Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
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The recent purchase by Hollins University and other buyers of about 235 acres of wooded land on Tinker Mountain, a Roanoke Valley landmark, benefits the university, residents of the region and even people passing through on Interstate 81.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 27  Â The Georgia Bulldogs celebrated in the end zone early and on the sideline late.
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WAYCROSS, Ga. - Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.
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Weyerhaeuser Co.'s  third-quarter profit rose on higher prices for lumber and a large gain from the sale of timber lands in Georgia, the  company said on Friday.
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By Travis Fain, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep. 10--JEFFERSONVILLE -- Twiggs County is about to be open for business in a big way.   A new water tower is up near the intersection of Ga. 96 and Interstate 16. Stacks of big black pipes sit ready for installation.
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By Patricia ?tsh? Hancock, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 17--GULFPORT -- "Nothing is too big for Mt. Bethel construction," said Fred Brown, a Coast volunteer from Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church in Marietta, Ga.