BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. (AP) — The sunsets are a sight to behold in Joe Leonard’s neck of the woods these days. A year ago, lush stands of towering pines obscured the horizon, he said as he drove his pickup ...

LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward’s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida — most pines here are cut and ...

Timber prices are rising as demand grows for timber used in building, paper products and biofuels worldwide. Prices for Florida saw pine peaked around 2005 — before the housing bust and the recession ...

A truckload of logs heads to the Klausner lumber mill in Live Oak, Fla., on July 28, 2015. The demand for timber worldwide is booming. Dozens of lumber mills and pine straw, bark and wood pellet ...

LIVE OAK — The towering grove of century-old longleaf pines surrounding Roger Ward’s family home is a rare site in this verdant swath of north-central Florida: Most pines here are cut and processed ...