According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), geosciences have the lowest ethnic and racial diversity rates of any STEM discipline, but Dr. De’Etra Jenra Young is working to make sure it doesn’t stay that way.
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A live oak is to be planted in observance of Louisiana Arbor Day at 10:00 a.m. on January 21st at the Acadia Parish Tourist Information Center.
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The American Loggers Council, and the timber industry that we represent, is extremely appreciative of the PATHH program assistance. The program received bi-partisan support in Congress and has also been supported by the Administration.
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A live oak will be planted in observance of Louisiana Arbor Day at 10 a.m. on Jan. 21 at the Acadia Parish Tourist Information Center.
The public is invited to attend the tree-planting ceremony to learn more about the live oak species and its importance to soil and air quality, storm protection, and erosion prevention.
The world might seem on hold during a COVID-plagued 2021, but in forestry, the economic news is very good.
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A new nonprofit group, Seeds4Trees, is reaching out to schools to teach students who seeds become trees. This can be used at almost any school level and various subjects.
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LSU of Alexandria is one step closer to building a state-of-the-art Student Success Center, thanks to a generous donation made by a local company, RoyOMartin.
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There’s free money for people in the logging business in Louisiana. The state treasury department says loggers can receive a $25,000 grant. It’s part of the main stream recovery program that was passed by the state legislature to help industries during the pandemic.
Right now, only 10% of the money available has been applied for, leaving $9 million still up for grabs for those in the logging industry. This is a first-come, first-serve grant program.
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When Randy Moore left his hometown of Bastrop for Southern University, he was planning to get a law degree. But then serendipity intervened.
"I was walking through the Ag building and saw a sign about a co-op education program and its students getting to travel," said Randy Moore.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid recovery efforts for farmers, ranchers and residents affected by Hurricane Ida. USDA staff in offices across the country are ready to respond with a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to producers and communities in need.
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This week, the House Agriculture Committee passed its portion of the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, including more than $94 billion in new spending related to agriculture.
For Louisiana, there is a glaring hole in that spending plan as it is lacking supplemental disaster assistance for farmers and ranchers after Hurricane Ida ravaged the state last month.
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As cleanup from Hurricane Ida begins, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., is reminding residents to hire only professional-licensed arborists to perform work on storm-damaged trees.
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Gov. John Bel Edwards, Hunt Forest Products co-owner James D. Hunt and Tolko President and CEO Brad Thorlakson announced that the companies will develop a new $240 million sawmill in Bienville Parish. Resulting from the collaboration of these two companies, the joint venture company will create 130 direct new jobs, with an average salary of $57,400, plus benefits. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the new sawmill will result in 387 indirect jobs for a total of more than 500 new jobs in Louisiana’s Northwest Region.
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Tony Fee, 49, and James Carroll, 35, both of Pitkin, Louisiana, have been sentenced by United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. to three (3) years of probation, with mandatory and special conditions, for unlawfully removing and damaging archeological resources at Kisatchie National Forest, announced Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook. A special condition imposed by Judge Cain prohibited Fee and Carroll from entering or using the Kisatchie National Forest during their term of probation. The defendants were also ordered to pay $5,676.56 in restitution to the United States Department of Agriculture Forestry Service.
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The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) applauds the introduction of bipartisan HR 4120, the “Disaster Reforestation Act,” sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) and Buddy Carter (R-GA), which allows family and private timber growers to recover from the loss of timber destroyed by natural disasters and reforest their lands.
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