by Jacqlyn Kirkland | Jul 7, 2020 | News
A U.S. District Court Judge rejected an appeal and upheld a 2018 ruling ordering Timberline South of Gaylord, Mich. to pay $878,874 in back wages and liquidated damages to 50 employees for violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the Fair...
by Web Editor | Dec 5, 2018 | News, News/PR
The nonprofit Wood Supply Research Institute (WSRI) has completed a six-month national study on the value of Certified Master Logger Programs, finding they have real worth to loggers and forest industry stakeholders, but face challenges achieving the recognition with...
by Web Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
When Butch Jacobs steps into the woods in search of basket making materials, he does not have a specific type of forest or black ash tree in mind, but he knows it when he sees it. “It’s a unique skill set that cannot necessarily be taught. Some people just...
by Web Editor | Jul 24, 2017 | News, News/PR
Scientists have been studying emerald ash borers since the Chinese insects started killing ash trees near Detroit 15 years ago. They’ve been following the imported insects’ march east, then north and now west and watching the bugs kill nearly every ash...
by Web Editor | Jan 18, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Michigan departments of Environmental Quality, Natural Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development recently announced that 17 grant projects will share $3,507,907 in funding through the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program – an initiative launched in 2014...