Friday Five: Forestry News for June 30, 2017

Friday Five is our weekly recap of timber and forestry news for the week, and things we think are cool or interesting.

This week: an alligator crushed by a tree; a mill expansion in Florida; a billion dollar acquisition; a forest city in China; and an ancient cypress forest in the Gulf of Mexico.

The story behind the alligator crushed by a tree in Wassaw, Georgia

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/06/alligators-hurricanes-trees-georgia/

Georgia-Pacific to expand Palatka mill, add 80 jobs

• http://jacksonville.com/business/2017-06-22/georgia-pacific-expand-palatka-mill-add-80-jobs

Domain Timber acquires Timbervest’s $1 billion portfolio

• http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodworking-industry-news/domain-timber-acquires-timbervest-forest-business

China is building a smog-eating ‘forest city’ filled with tree-covered skyscrapers

• http://www.businessinsider.com/stefano-boeri-forest-city-liuzhou-china-2017-6/#the-forest-city-will-be-constructed-in-the-mountainous-region-of-liuzhou-china-by-2020-1

The Underwater Forest (2017) details the discovery and exploration of an ancient cypress forest found sixty feet underwater in the Gulf of Mexico [27:28]

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See you next week!