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Supporting Coastal Conservation and Education in Mississippi

Last November, Mississippi State University acquired just over 14,000 acres of our Mississippi timberlands to establish the Wolf River Coastal Forest Research and Education Center. Conserving the headwaters of Mississippi Sound is a key part of the state鈥檚 overall coastal conservation masterplan, which includes ongoing restoration efforts related to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in 2010. ... Read More
February 7, 2025

Tim Woodland Helps Keep His Community Safe

Every March since 2006, Tim Woodland has suited up in full firefighting gear and climbed 69 flights of stairs inside Seattle鈥檚 Columbia Center, the second-tallest building west of the Mississippi River. He joins hundreds of firefighters in this annual fundraising event (which you can read more about in this Roots story from 2019.) ... Read More
February 4, 2025

Deborah Leedy Shows Love for Her Community

Deborah Leedy, site admin at our distribution center in Redding, California, started volunteering 20 years ago at her local church. What began as a once-a-week commitment has since grown into dozens of hours dedicated to multiple organizations each month. ... Read More
January 27, 2025

Study Tracks 'Amazing' Fish Recovery in SW Wash.

Almost two decades after an unprecedented winter storm hit the Pacific Northwest, fish have made a remarkable comeback on our tree farm near Pe Ell, Washington, one of the region鈥檚 most severely impacted areas. ... Read More
January 24, 2025

Drayton Valley鈥檚 Sathishkumar Nachimuthu Puts People First

During his childhood in India, Sathishkumar 鈥淪athish鈥 Nachimuthu developed a keen interest in cars and motorcycles. He remembers spending hours in libraries poring over automobile journals and magazines to study German automotive engineering prowess and manufacturing techniques. This passion, combined with a talent for physics in high school, led him to Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology in Coimbatore, India, where he pursued a bachelor鈥檚 in mechanical engineering. ... Read More
January 23, 2025