The application process for Logger relief has reopened and the Louisiana Department of the Treasury will receive applications through Oct. 31. The Logger Relief Program was established to help loggers who lost revenue in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic. Many loggers have applied and received assistance, but many others might have been turned down. Now the state has $5 million set aside to help those loggers recover. The state Department of the Treasury is encouraging loggers w

Timber expert Ricky Kilpatrick will present 10 Timely Tips to help timber producers navigate the timber market and avoid potential problems on Oct. 11. Sponsored by the NRCS and Trailblazer RC&D, the workshop is open to the public for anyone interested in timber production. The presentation will be held at the Bossier Parish Libraries History Center, 2206 Beckett St. in Bossier City. “Over the years of working with forest landowners in the region, there are some items that se

Three wood manufactures are among 13 businesses seeking to fill 105 jobs through Louisiana Economic Development. Great Southern Wood Preserving in Mansura, Interfor in DeQuincy and Weyerhaeuser in Natchitoches have job openings as two are updating and expanding facilities — Great Southern Wood Preserving and Weyerhaeuser — and the third — Interfor — has reopened a dimensional lumber mill after it had been idled for about a year. LED FastStart will hold the online career fair

Huey D. Malmay was selected the Outstanding Louisiana Logger for 2022 and honored in August at the 75th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Forestry Association. For the full story, look in your Forests & People magazine, which should hit the mail next week! Here are a few pictures selected from the Logger Appreciation Night at the annual meeting at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino Resort in Lake Charles.

Louisiana Forestry Association Executive Director C.A. "Buck" Vandersteen was honored at the 75th Annual Meeting of the association in August for his 40 years of service to the LFA and dedication to forestry in the state. Vandersteen began his time at the LFA in 1982. He started out in the Peace Corps in the 1970s in Liberia, West Africa. After two years there, he came to Louisiana to work as a procurement forester and soon found what many might consider his calling as leadin

The family foundation that for years showed off beautiful gardens in Sabine Parish has been named the Tree Farm of the Year by the Louisiana Forestry Association. Look for the complete story in the next Forests & People magazine which hits the mail next week. In the meantime, here are a few pictures from the 75th anniversary luncheon at which the A.J. & Nona Trigg Hodges Foundation was honored for their achieve at the forest now called the Louisiana Ecological Forestry Center