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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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JACKSONVILLE, NC — Once upon a time, and perhaps it doesn’t feel like it was so long ago to those who were involved, there were as many as 11 different Goodson family logging businesses, each one a separate and independent company, operating in this part of North Carolina. People in the area, especially those connected with the timber industry, knew the Goodson name. And of course people from well beyond the area became famil- iar with it when Bobby Goodson’s reality TV series Swamp Loggers was a hit for the Discovery Channel from 2009-2012.
Industry News Roundup
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Industry News Roundup
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...
Enviva Closing Amory Mill in Mississippi
Emerging from bankruptcy in late 2024, Enviva announced in early February that it was closing its Amory pellet plant in northeast Mississippi. The Amory facility was the company’s first plant operated in the U.S. and was acquired in 2010. According...
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