Back in the day, 1987, at my first full time forestry job we kept a roll of black and white county road maps in the truck and we used...

This Christmas tree is obviously not your typical North Carolina Frazier fir, but it does remind me of all the greenery you see at...

According to Bradley Fox, molasses is a byproduct of the sugar cane industry and sweet sorghum syrup is produced when juice extracted...

So what do foresters do on their day off? Well at least on this Saturday, foresters and other natural resource professionals gathered...

The American chestnut tree once dominated our eastern forests. Over 100 years ago the chestnut blight essentially wiped the tree out. The...

“The mountain is on fire!” the logger in the driveway told me and I knew I would have to take a break from editing my “Lost Sea...

When we put the wood furnace in our office last December one of my goals was to get enough firewood cut before warm weather to get us...

Three trout caught from one run on a two nymph rig, with a prince nymph and a hare’s ear dropper. I took a moment to look around and...

This recent string of days with the temperatures in the mid 90’s brings up at least one item that none would consider a blessing. Working...

We often get comments and questions about GIS, Geographical Information Systems, and GPS, Global Positioning Systems, and their use in...

The forestland owners we work with have many reasons for owning their land: hunting, hiking, camping, wildlife watching, retaining...

Purple paint has been showing up on private landowner’s property lines since 2011 in North Carolina, but I don’t think everyone is aware...

Yellow poplar bark can be seen not only on trees, but also on the side of buildings. You will see poplar bark in Blowing Rock, Boone, and...

Normally the yellow poplar weevil is not considered a serious pest, but in the 1960’s the US Forest Service reported damage to yellow...

Sourwood trees are budding and the blooms will not be far behind here in the second week of June and yo u know that means the bees will...

Having the right number of trees is always a concern when managing stands of timber. Too many trees and they will grow very slowly, too...

In addition to building a store of firewood for heating the office next winter, we have been crafting a little too. I examined the...

Several weeks ago the NC Forest Service along with Brushy Mountain Volunteer Fire Department conducted a site preparation burn on a...

Scott Roland with Roland Brothers Logging helps load the firewood. Lisa’s Aunt and Uncle live in Laurel Springs on a farm and have always...

Tennessee Whiskey, Kentucky Bourbon, and White Oak Trees In the past decade there has been a nearly 40 percent growth in the sales of...