

Invest in forestland; dividends impressive
In investments, frequently named categories include stocks, bonds, cash, commodities, REITS, etc. These sectors sometimes rise or fall...


Yale Foresters trained for decades in Louisiana
As strange as it may seem, it was northern university-trained foresters who led the effort to reforest the South following the...


Windblown forest? Now what do I do?
Just received my 2021 “Old Farmer’s Almanac” and anxiously thumbed to the weather section, page 97 to be exact. With my hands shaking, my...


Perseverance paying off for La. pearlshell
The Margaritifera hembeli is not a new adult frozen beverage consumed to waste away summer happy hours, as the name might imply; it is an...


Economic developers undergird top crop
Wrap your brain around 122 trillion BTUs. Without context, you’re likely lost. But a walk in the woods frames the number nicely. In...


Fire for birds, bees and other wildlife
What does the small, non-industrial, timberland owner do for timberland management? I addressed some of these issues in a previous...