

Passing down legacy of timber, memories
Burns Forest Products in Jonesboro was synonymous with the affable, white-haired LSU-loving forester who made his name in the piney woods...


POWs paid labor for agriculture in U.S.
After the United States entered World War II in 1941, the government of the United Kingdom requested American help with housing prisoners...


New forest product making soils better
Trees that decompose return nutrients to soils and benefit future plants, but that takes decades. What if something can be made in, say,...


All stumpage markets are local
As many of you undoubtedly know, a devastating blow was struck to pulpwood markets in southeast Louisiana in January. Georgia-Pacific’s...


From La. to Ariz.: A sawmill town moves
In the early 20th century, when lumbering was at its prime in the South, lumbermen bought old-growth longleaf pine forests for as little...


Log trucking big challenge for industry
Louisiana is a great wood basket. Many forest landowners have lots of trees at different stages of growth, loggers can harvest them...