Arkansas Forest Resources Center

Mackenzie Clyburn has been promoted to vice president of hospital operations at Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock, and Dr. David Shenker has been promoted to chief medical officer. read more >

Once little more than a nuisance in loblolly pines, the blight has become recurrent enough that some trees are damaged or killed by disease. read more >

The project aims to plant to up to 600 acres of oak forests in three river-influenced areas of Arkansas. read more >

Michael Blazier is named dean for the UAM College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources and director of the Arkansas Forest Resources Center. read more >

The country may be headed for another recession, timber industry experts told Arkansas Business last week after Conifex Timber Inc. of Vancouver, British Columbia, announced an indefinite suspension of operations at its El Dorado sawmill. read more >

Matthew Pelkki has written more than 100 scholarly articles and been a lead investigator in 27 projects involving more than $6 million in research funding. read more >

Europe’s increasing emphasis on renewable energy lies behind the announcements this summer that two companies plan to build wood pellet plants in Arkansas. read more >

Some in the timber industry in Arkansas say they see demand for forest products slowly increasing but fear that a workforce decimated by recession won’t be able to meet that demand. read more >