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Louisiana Forestry Machine Operator Pilot Project Successful

Earlier this year, Louisiana logger Travis Taylor and Louisiana U.S. Forest Service employee Holly Morgan proposed a forestry machine operators’ program in the state. The outgrowth of their suggestions, which included the curriculum, was a pilot project—the first...

Plum Creek Predicts Surge For Louisiana Timber Industry

One of northern Louisiana’s largest private owners of timberlands, Plum Creek, said the industry is poised for a resurgence here and throughout the South. Steve Hanley and April Salter of Plum Creek, which owns about 400,000 acres in northern Louisiana, spoke to The...