"The Southern Loggers Best Friend"
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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BONNERDALE, Ark.—Steve Mehalic, 59, was just a boy when he started spending summers on his father’s logging crew. His dad had started a treelength outfit in 1970, setting chokers, running chain saws and averaging three to four loads a day. Mehalic graduated high school in 1985 and went to work for him full time. Five years later he started buying his own equipment one piece at a time and putting them to work on his father’s jobs. Eventually the Arkansas native had a full lineup and struck out on his own to establish Steve Mehalic Logging Inc.
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Industry News Roundup
Richard Barge Thrived With Timberlands
Charles Richard Barge, better known as Richard, a longtime leader and innovator in timberlands management and who helped to build a modern sawmill in the late 1980s, and who was highly honored by the Mississippi…
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,…
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…
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