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What Is The Sustainable Forestry Initiative?

You can enjoy the many benefits of Louisiana's forests with the knowledge that your grandchildren and their grandchildren will also have a place to hunt, fish, work, camp, hike or drive through the rural splendor that is Louisiana. Future generations will also enjoy the economic benefits of its number one crop, trees.

All Louisiana forest landowners will manage their land using practices that are economically and environmentally responsible.
Louisiana's forest will be protected from wildfire, pests, diseases, and other damaging agents in order to maintain and improve long-term forest health and productivity.
Special sites that are biologically, geologically, or historically important will be protected and managed in a manner that takes into account their unique qualities.
The Louisiana forestry community will continue to improve the practice of forest management and also to monitor, measure, and report the performance of its members in achieving its commitment to sustainable forestry.

Got a complaint about a logging job?

Call LFA with the details - If you see a logging job not in compliance with Best Management Practices, you can call the Louisiana Forestry Association and give the details in a formal, confidential complaint.

A trained forester can check on the complaint and work with the landowner and logger to remedy any situation that is not in compliance. Any event that involves criminal charges such as timber theft will be referred to the State Enforcement officers.

To file an Inconsistent Practices complaint, call (318) 443-2558 weekdays 8 a.m. till noon and 1 to 5 p.m.

Rare and endangered species

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative provides protection for threatened or imperiled species in our forests. The document below provides specific information on those plant and animal species in the state that need special attention. For more information, consult the Nature Serve website and www.natureserve.org.

For facts sheets and other information about rare and endangered species, please see www.wlf.louisiana.gov/species-by-parish