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Published 12 times a year in a tabloid format, with forest family-friendly outreach, on-site logger interviews and profiles, and flavorful blend of information and entertainment, Southern Loggin’ Times is the most popular publication that focuses on the forest-rich South.
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WESTMINSTER, SC — The world might not have enough wood products if all the loggers’ sons had listened when their fathers told them to go to college instead of going to the woods. Thank God for that. “Somebody’s gotta do this work,” observes C.D. Laws, 27, one of the current owners of Laws Logging, Inc. C.D. graduated high school on a Friday night in 2016 and was at work in the woods the Saturday morning after. “Daddy told me to go to college but I said no, I’m gonna stick with this. I was born and raised in this out here.”
Industry News Roundup
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Industry News Roundup
Mississippi Loggers Assn. Leads U.S. In Log-A-Load Funds
Mississippi’s forests are a source of growing support for the state’s only children’s hospital. In 2024, the Mississippi Loggers Assn. (MLA) raised a record $320,050 for Children’s of Mississippi through the Log-A-Load for Kids campaign, leading...
No Weight Increase For Alabama Trucks
A bill that was originally written to allow log trucks to carry more weight per axle on Alabama highways, as sought by the state’s forest products sector, underwent substantial changes in the Alabama Senate in April. It will no longer increase...
Tracy Gunter Left Legacy Of Leadership
Tracy C. Gunter, Jr., long respected for his leadership in the logging industry, and owner of Tracy’s Logging, Leesville, SC, died March 23. He was 84. In October 1997, in the 25th anniversary issue of Southern Loggin’ Times, Gunter was named as...
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