FRA’s Southcentral Region serves FRA members throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, the Florida Panhandle, and Western Tennessee. It focuses on improving timber harvesting and transportation safety, efficiency, and environmental performance. Trucking safety and logging and trucking labor challenges are current issues of concern. The Southcentral Region has a spring and fall meeting each year.

Southcentral Region Map

Featured Resource

Safety Alerts

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Background On an overcast winter day in the Southcentral Region, a...

Leadership

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Clay Altizer

Southwide Region Manager

34 Duffy Street
Clayton, NC 27527
Ph: (662) 312-7934

 

Upcoming Meetings:

 

States in this Region

  • Alabama
  • Arkansas
  • Florida Panhandle
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Mississippi
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • Western Tennessee

Resources

Technical Releases

25-TR-16 ForestryWorks® Forest Worker Credentialing Program Equips Students with Industry-Recognized Skills

Technical Releases

25-TR-17 A Snapshot of Foreign Ownership of Forestland in the U.S. South

Technical Releases

25-TR-05 Hurricane Helene Serves as a Catalyst for Landowner Chainsaw Training

Technical Releases

25-TR-04 Equipping Career Coaches with Firsthand Knowledge of the Forest Industry

Technical Releases

24-TR-37 The 5 Working Generations in the Forest Industry

Technical Releases

24-TR-20 Hardwood CLT- Where We Stand Now

Safety Alerts

25-SA-02 Conductor Daña Puente de Volteo del Camión al Salir

Safety Alerts

25-SA-02 Truck Dump Incident

Safety Alerts

24-SA-06 Viaje a la Tienda de Repuestos de Automóviles Resulta en Lesiones Graves para el Operador de Cargadora

Safety Alerts

24-SA-05 Empleado de Aserradero Herido Cuando Colapsa Barandilla de Seguridad

Safety Alerts

24-SA-03 Instructor Herido Durante el Taller de Capacitación en Seguridad con Motosierra

Safety Alerts

24-SA-06 Trip to the Auto Parts Store Leads to Serious Injuries for Loader Operator

Carbon Reports

Oklahoma

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Oklahoma

Carbon Reports

Southcentral

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in the Southcentral

Carbon Reports

Mississippi

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Mississippi Mississippi has 19.4 million…

Carbon Reports

Louisiana

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Louisiana Louisiana has 15.0 million…

Carbon Reports

Kansas

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Kansas Kansas has 2.5 million…

Carbon Reports

Tennessee

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Tennessee

Presentations

FRA 2025 Southcentral Region Spring Meeting Presentations

Presentations

Southern Loggers Cooperative, 2004-2019

Presentations

Forest Industry 2021: Supply and Demand in the South

Presentations

Extreme Weather Impacts on Forest Operations in Texas

Presentations

Differences in PNW and US South Timber Procurement

Presentations

Safety and Efficiency of State-Legal Log Trucks on Interstate Highways in Eight Wood Baskets in the US South

Trucking

Keeping the Wood Supply Chain Moving: Why the Safe Routes Act is Essential for Forestry Transportation

Transporting raw forest products (logs, pulpwood, wood chips, and biomass) from…

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Trucking

Behind the Wheel of the Forest Products Industry

This special Tuesday edition of our Woods to Mill is dedicated…

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National Workforce

Meeting America’s Forestry Workforce Needs

Why the Jobs in the Woods Act Matters Now The August…

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Wood Texture

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