The world might seem on hold during a COVID-plagued 2021, but in forestry, the economic news is very good. Brooks Mendell, CEO of a leading forestry research firm, said that several improvements are heading our way. “We’ve been waiting a long time for things to happen,” Mendell said during a phone interview. “It’s finally happening.” Mendell, who is president and CEO of Forisk Consulting in Athens, Georgia, listed three positive markers for the state: • New or reopened lumber

A new nonprofit group, Seeds4Trees, is reaching out to schools to teach students who seeds become trees. This can be used at almost any school level and various subjects. Seeds4Trees President Lisa Delaney is featured on the latest episode of Minding the Forest. Click on the link below to listen. MTF: S2E11_Seeds4Trees

By Tony Diaz, LFA President, 2020-2021 We often use the metaphor of a three-legged stool when explaining a basic model of the forestry business community. The three legs represent forest landowners (in all their forms), logging functions (timber buyers, harvesters, trucking operations) and consumers (mills and their supply chain function). This is the basic model, but in economics the basic model is never adequate to explain the realities we experience when these basic compon

Spend a little time with Randy Broadway and you’ll quickly find out how much he likes to joke around. At a logging site, he likes to keep things light-hearted, but he also is serious about his business because he knows it’s not just about him. That joyful attitude, dedication to doing good work and the will to help others through a giving spirit has culminated into Broadway and his company, R&B Logging, being selected Outstanding Louisiana Logger for 2021. The Provencal Maste

A fortuitous combination of family inspiration, education and hands-on dedication has led to George Giltner’s selection this year as the Louisiana Forestry Association’s Tree Farmer of the Year. “I was actually born into tree farming,” said Giltner, a retired petrochemical chemist whose family, past and present, has for decades nurtured 420 acres of forestland south of DeRidder in Beauregard and Vernon parishes. “I cannot express enough gratitude and appreciation for the fami