"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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CARTHAGE, Miss.—Lee Powers is a young fourth generation logger whose tenacity and determination drove him to keep working and overcome the odds despite a medical condition that made his path in life an especially challenging one. Just as he was ready to step out into starting his own business a few years ago, his health worsened, but a new treatment has allowed him to live a more normal life. Now he runs his crew on mostly private land using Tigercat and Deere machines.
Industry News Roundup
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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 forestry industry, died April 22 in...
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...
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