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Jul 12, 2016

Woodland News July 2016

General market comments/trends in the Appalachian Hardwoods region
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Jul 11, 2016

Spotlight on the Forest Landowners Association

We’d like to share some insight and information about an association that has toiled in the trenches for private forest landowners for more than 75 years. 
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Jul 11, 2016

FORECON’s ForestSim™ Services – Part 2

Last month we were pleased to introduce a powerful, new technological service designed to model a number of interactive conditions and circumstances within a forest over time (up to 30 years), helping forest managers optimize sound management decisions and maximize financial returns.
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Jun 21, 2016

Forest Service working to protect ‘old growth’ hemlocks from pest

FORECON Forest Resource Specialist Shane Somerville assists the U.S. Forest Service in working to protect 400 year-old trees in the Hearts Content Recreation Area outside Warren, PA.
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Jun 1, 2016

Timber Markets Review June 2016

General market comments/trends in the Appalachian Hardwoods region since April 2016
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May 24, 2016

FORECON’s ForestSim™ Services

Technological advancements continue along at a rapid pace, and the practice of forest management has certainly benefitted from those advancements in a variety of ways. 
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Apr 21, 2016

Timber Markets Review April 2016

Production over the last year for sawmills producing eastern US hardwoods shows a slight upward trend over the last several months.
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Apr 21, 2016

TIGER Growth and Yield Model

Utilized throughout the hardwood forests of the northeastern United States, Forecon Inc’s. TIGER Growth and Yield Model has been developed to assist forest managers with forest planning and silviculture.
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Apr 21, 2016

Is the Emerald Ash Borer Attacking Your Property?

If your ash trees are showing signs disease or damage, it does not necessarily mean you have an EAB infestation! Ash are prone to other types of diseases that can have similar signs.
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Apr 21, 2016

Managing Your Ash Trees in Light of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)

It’s thought that sometime in 2002, an insect known as the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was accidentally introduced into the United States from areas of northern China, Japan, Korea and eastern Russia via infected ash lumber used in shipping crates.
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