March 2007
Two new Full
Members joined in
March. Superior Pine Products is a family
owned forest company based in SE Georgia . TimberStar
is a new timber company providing financial
and operational solutions to timberland
owners in the U.S. and Canada.January 2007
We have three new Corresponding
Members - Agrotain, ArborGen,
and the North Carolina Division of Forest
Resources.
September 2006
We are pleased to welcome Smurfit Carton de Venezuela and Pat Lee, a consulting forester, as
Corresponding
Members.
April 2006
Alligare
has joined the FNC as a Corresponding
Member. Alligare provides weed and
brush control products to vegetation
management and forestry customers throughout
the United States.
January 2006
The Forestry Faculty at
Universidad de Concepción has now joined NCSU and VPI as the
3rd host institution for the FNC.
This arrangement will strengthen the program
and improve the efficiency of the services we
provide to members, both in Latin America and
the United States.
Timbervest and Sonoco are
now Full Members as part of the Miliken Consortium
which also includes Milliken Forestry, Jordan Lumber, and Regions Morgan
Keegan Trust.
Timbervest manages timber and timberland
investments for public and corporate pension
plans, corporations, foundations, endowments,
and high net worth individuals. Sonoco is a
low-cost global leader in providing
customer-preferred packaging solutions.
International Paper has
announced plans to divest most or all of
their forest land. Consequently, IP will be
withdrawing from the FNC effective January 1,
2006. We are sorry to see them go. We wish
all the best to our colleagues and friends at
IP and hope they weather this upheaval in
their lives.
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