Georgia Pacific Buys Alabama River from Parsons and Whittemore

Picture of Suz-Anne Kinney Suz-Anne Kinney : June 7, 2010

Georgia-Pacific, which owns 39 mills throughout the mid-South, has reached an agreement with Parsons and Whittemore, the owner of Alabama River and Alabama Pine pulp mills in Perdue Hill, Ala., to purchase the two mills and their assets.

The additional assets included in the deal are Alabama River Woodlands, chip mills at Elba and Jacksons Gap, a pulpwood yard at Demopolis, a tall oil plant and a biodiesel plant. These assets will join the seven pulp and paper mills, five chip mills and one woodyard that Georgia-Pacific currently operates in the South.

Alabama Forest Recovery Task Force Schedules Landowner Meetings

Picture of Suz-Anne Kinney Suz-Anne Kinney : July 12, 2011

As a result of the thunderstorms, high winds and tornadoes that hit the State of Alabama on April 15, 2011 and April 27, 2011, Alabama Governor...

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Mike Powell Discusses Lumber & Logs with Alabama Forest Owners’ Association

Mike Powell Discusses Lumber & Logs with Alabama Forest Owners’ Association

Picture of Forest2Market Forest2Market : March 15, 2021

Forest2Market’s Mike Powell recently sat down with Hayes D. Brown of the Alabama Forest Owners’ Association to discuss the current state of southern...

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Southern Pine Beetle Outbreak Could Threaten Alabama Forests

Southern Pine Beetle Outbreak Could Threaten Alabama Forests

Picture of John Greene John Greene : April 20, 2017

Despite the best silvicultural, forest management and sustainability practices that are now standard in many of the country’s forests, we are often...

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