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Dec 24, 2018
1 min

Micah's Gift

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF,RF

Jan 17, 2018
2 min

Sweet Sorghum Syrup or Molasses?

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF,RF

Jan 4, 2018
1 min

Foresters Day Off

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF,RF

Mar 10, 2017
1 min

Kerr Scott Chestnut Trees

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

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Bernie Harberts

Jan 11, 2017
2 min

The Mountain is on Fire!

“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 Expeditio...

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Andrew Casey, ACF,RF

Jan 3, 2017
1 min

What is a Cord?

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 thr...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Dec 8, 2016
2 min

The Sabbatical

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 pla...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jul 29, 2016
1 min

Summertime First Aid Kit

There are many blessings we enjoy during summer time. All of the fresh garden vegetables; taking a swim on a hot day in the nearest pool,...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jul 15, 2016
2 min

Running the Gun

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jul 8, 2016
1 min

Aunt Fanny Learns Forestry

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jul 5, 2016
1 min

Purple Paint

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 ...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jun 24, 2016
1 min

Peeling Poplar Bark

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...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jun 17, 2016
1 min

What’s eating the poplar leaves?

This is a question I was asked about a week or so ago. I was able to dig deep enough into my memory bank to come up with an answer, backe...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jun 13, 2016
2 min

Honey Lovers Rejoice

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 b...

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jun 6, 2016
1 min

Too Many White Pines

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 f...

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Lisa Casey

May 16, 2016
1 min

Byproducts of Firewood

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Feb 19, 2016
1 min

Fire on the Mountain

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Feb 19, 2016
2 min

The BTU's of Firewood

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...

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Andrew Casey,ACF,RF

Feb 19, 2016
2 min

Whiskey and White Oak

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

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Andrew Casey, ACF, RF

Jan 8, 2016
1 min

Going Green in the New Year

As a company that makes its way by managing natural resources we are all about green energy. Our most recent project has been installing ...

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