Posts in Forestry
BMP Manual Revision Completed; Out in 2023

More than a century ago, forestry was a lot different. Many of the old-growth forests were overharvested, leaving open fields with few trees remaining. Then, in 1947, the Louisiana Forestry Association began its efforts to promote reforestation where forests had been clearcut and sustainability once those trees had grown large enough to harvest.

Read More
ForestryAvery Davidson
Louisiana Loggers Hoping To Rebound From Recent Losses

Logging is the second largest division in Louisiana’s manufacturing industry, however natural disasters and the pandemic have brought logging in Louisiana to an all-time low.

Logging is Louisiana’s main source of timber, and the industry provides employment to just over 25,000 Louisiana residents, making it one of the largest in the state. However, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura and the pandemic, rising fuel costs, a diminishing demand and reduced production have all made the industry take a massive hit.

Read More
Forestrydon molino
Fishing Spiders are Our Friends

Fishing spiders, Dolomedes tenebrosus, are venomous, carnivorous and enormous. However, these spiders are not our enemy, and they do not eat our plants. They eat the bugs that do, as well as insects that sting and spread dreaded diseases, like mosquito larvae.

Read More
ForestryAvery Davidson
BA — What in the World is Basal Area?

Landowners go to forestry meetings and they keep hearing a term used ... “basal area” and they wonder, “What in the world is Basal Area?”

Basal Area, or BA, is a common term used to describe the average amount of an area, commonly an acre, which is occupied by tree stems. In other words, how much of the area of one acre is taken up in trees.

Read More
ForestryAvery Davidson
Drones Can Be Fire-starters

Technology has aided forestry for years, especially when performing prescribed burning to keep fuels on forest floors from building up to dangerous levels. Now, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is using technology of unmanned aircraft in hopes to save lives during those operations.

Read More
ForestryAllie Shipley
U.S. Forest Service Awards Cooperative Agreement to Strategic Biofuels to Develop a Renewable Fuel Standard Compliance Tracking System

The U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, awarded Strategic Biofuels a cooperative agreement under its Wood Innovations Program for the first phase of a multiphase project to develop a robust, auditable cloud-based system for demonstrating compliance of forestry feedstock with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Strategic Biofuels is the leader in developing negative carbon footprint renewable fuels production facilities.

Read More
ForestryAllie Shipley
700 Rapides Students Learn About Forestry

Did you know there’s wood cellulose in your ice cream? Or that those pretty purple berries are on a shrub called American beautyberry? And no, the berries are not edible.

These are just a few of the things over 700 fifth-graders from around Rapides Parish learned at Forest Awareness Week held at Indian Creek Recreation Area this week.

Read More
ForestryAllie Shipley
Louisiana Governor Visits Shreveport Recycled Paper Mill

America's fifth largest corrugated packaging company welcomed Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to their facility in northwest Louisiana Monday morning.

"We're honored to have Governor John Bel Edwards here with us today," said Anthony Pratt, Executive Chairman of Pratt Industries. "His economic leadership of Louisiana is characteristic of the reason that Pratt Industries has invested $250 million in the great state of Louisiana."

Read More
ForestryAvery Davidson
Join mano-Y-ola at the 4th Annual Hispanic Farmers and Agricultural Professionals Symposium

On October 7th, 2022, mano-Y-ola will host the 4th Annual Hispanic Farmers and Agricultural Professionals Symposium with 2022’s focus, Climate-Smart Agriculture and Equity. These annual symposia seek to celebrate the Hispanic agricultural legacy in the United States and to provide a platform for Hispanics in agriculture to connect with other farmers, professionals, and opportunities, using the virtual platform developed during the COVID-19 pandemic to reach an even wider audience.

Read More
ForestryAvery Davidson