After Thomas Black graduates with his MFR in Forest Business in December 2024, he will head to Atlanta, GA to work as an Investment Analysist with Weyerhaeuser. Thomas interned with three forest and timber management companies while enrolled in the Center for Forest Business, and supported Dr. Bolding and Dr. Conrad on logging and mill weights research.
Archive for 2024
10.28.2024
After Hurricane Helene: How to Claim Timber Casualty Losses and Defer Taxes on Salvage Timber Sales
As of October 21st, 2024, 91 Georgia counties have been declared federal disaster areas (DR-4830-GA) eligible for individual and/or public assistance.
08.13.2024
Rethinking Green Density: What New Research Means for Southern Pine Forestry
In the southeastern United States, loblolly and slash pines are the economic backbone of the forest industry. Many mills and landowners use weight-based systems for their loblolly and slash timber transactions. However, converting between weight and volume requires accurate green density values, but how accurately are we estimating their green weight and volume?
07.19.2024
Langdale Center for Forest Business names new director
The Harley Langdale Jr. Center for Forest Business at the University of Georgia welcomes industry expert Erin Lincoln on August 1.
07.01.2024
Assessing the Sustainability of Forest Biomass Harvesting in the Southeastern U.S.: A Review
As European renewable energy goals drive up demand for wood pellets, the southeastern U.S. has become a key supplier. But are our forests ready? A recent UGA research paper in Biomass and Bioenergy offers a comprehensive review of the environmental impacts of forest biomass harvesting, especially for wood pellet production.
03.08.2024
Georgia Sawtimber Prices Held Steady in Q4 2023
Pine sawtimber and chip-n-saw stumpage prices in Georgia stabilized during the fourth quarter of 2023 following three consecutive quarters of decline. However, pine pulpwood stumpage prices continued to fall during the quarter.
02.29.2024
J. Todd Petty named dean of Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources
J. Todd Petty, chair of the department of forestry and environmental conservation at Clemson University, named the next dean of the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia.
02.23.2024
Natural Resources: Forest Foundations
Stephen Kinane MS ’14, PhD ’20, taught an algorithm to recognize a pine sapling in an image of a forest. To properly program an algorithm, researchers teach AI to understand different backgrounds and lighting patterns, detailing what differentiates a sapling from other vegetation and the forest floor, and more.
