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English: Photograph of nine cars of hardwood timber on a switch near the Southern Pine Lumber Company sawmills, which are shown in the background. Published in the "American Lumberman" in 1907.This photograph is part of the collection entitled: American Lumberman: Photographs of Southern Pine Lumber Company and was provided by The History Center to The Portal to Texas History, a digital ...
In the United States, the forest cover by state and territory is estimated from tree-attributes using the basic statistics reported by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the Forest Service. [2] Tree volumes and weights are not directly measured in the field, but computed from other variables that can be measured. [3] [4]
Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) is an agency chartered by the Texas Legislature to manage the interests of Texas' forests. The Legislature created the service in 1915. It is a part of the Texas A&M University System and is headquartered in College Station, Texas.
The forest resources of the United States remained relatively constant through the 20th century. [9] The Forest Service reported total forestation as 766,000,000 acres (3,100,000 km 2) in 2012. [10] [11] [9] A 2017 study estimated 3 percent loss of forest between 1992 and 2001. [12]
In August 2017, Rayonier consolidated its corporate headquarters, real estate, and forest resources offices into a newly constructed, state-of-the-art building in Wildlight, Florida. [21] The company is currently constructing a 23,600 acre development in Wildlight. [22] It began work on phase two of the project in 2022, developing 15,000 acres ...
The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (RPA) (16 U.S.C. §§ 1600 et seq.) is a United States federal law which authorizes long-range planning by the United States Forest Service to protect, develop, and enhance the productivity and other values of forest resources. [1]
The forest is a natural system that can supply different products and services. Forests supply water, mitigate climate change, provide habitats for wildlife including many pollinators which are essential for sustainable food production, provide timber and fuelwood, serve as a source of non-wood forest products including food and medicine, and contribute to rural livelihoods.
The East Texas Big Thicket Association was formed in the 1920s to preserve what little remained of the Big Thicket. Though its impact was limited it demonstrated increasing concern about the woodlands. [31] In 1924 the state forester E. O. Siecke succeeded in establishing the first state forest in Texas (named E. O. Siecke State Forest in 1951