Southcentral
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.
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Leadership
Clay Altizer
Southwide Region Manager
34 Duffy Street
Clayton, NC 27527
Ph: (662) 312-7934
Upcoming Meetings:
FRA 2025 Southcentral Region & Forest Products Security Group Fall Meeting / November 11-13 / The Mill at Mississippi State University / Starkville, MS
FRA 2025 Timber Harvesting & Procurement Short Course / December 8-12 / Flinchum’s Phoenix / Athens, GA
States in this Region
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida Panhandle
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Western Tennessee
Resources
25-TR-18 Wood vs. Concrete-Rethinking the Story We Tell About Building Materials
25-TR-19 A Primer on Log Truck Driver Compensation
25-TR-16 ForestryWorks® Forest Worker Credentialing Program Equips Students with Industry-Recognized Skills
25-TR-17 A Snapshot of Foreign Ownership of Forestland in the U.S. South
25-TR-05 Hurricane Helene Serves as a Catalyst for Landowner Chainsaw Training
25-TR-04 Equipping Career Coaches with Firsthand Knowledge of the Forest Industry
25-SA-10 Empleado de Aserradero Lesionado
25-SA-10 Sawmill Employee Injured After Entering Unauthorized Work Area
25-SA-02 Conductor Daña Puente de Volteo del Camión al Salir
25-SA-02 Truck Dump Incident
24-SA-06 Viaje a la Tienda de Repuestos de Automóviles Resulta en Lesiones Graves para el Operador de Cargadora
24-SA-05 Empleado de Aserradero Herido Cuando Colapsa Barandilla de Seguridad
Oklahoma
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Oklahoma
Southcentral
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in the Southcentral
Mississippi
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Mississippi Mississippi has 19.4 million…
Louisiana
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Louisiana Louisiana has 15.0 million…
Kansas
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Kansas Kansas has 2.5 million…
Tennessee
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Tennessee
FRA 2025 Southcentral Region Spring Meeting Presentations
Southern Loggers Cooperative, 2004-2019
Forest Industry 2021: Supply and Demand in the South
Extreme Weather Impacts on Forest Operations in Texas
Differences in PNW and US South Timber Procurement
Safety and Efficiency of State-Legal Log Trucks on Interstate Highways in Eight Wood Baskets in the US South
National Loggers Day: Honoring the Backbone of the Wood Supply Chain
As we prepare to celebrate National Loggers Day on October 12,…
2025 Western Region Fall Meeting Summary of Business
The Joint FRA Western Region/Montana Wood Products Association (MWPA) Fall Meeting…
Meeting America’s Reforestation Needs
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