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.
Featured Resource
Employee Crushes Finger in Feller-Buncher Door
Background On an overcast winter day in the Southcentral Region, a...
Leadership
Clay Altizer
Southwide Region Manager
34 Duffy Street
Clayton, NC 27527
Ph: (662) 312-7934
States in this Region
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida Panhandle
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Western Tennessee
Resources
Mass Timber Noise Barrier for Highways
Firefighter in a Tube
Rayonier Safety App
Log Truck Insurance Premiums, Claims, And Safety Practices In The US South
Do Maintenance Practices Explain Southern Log Truck Crash Rates?
Inflation And Logging In The South
Distracted Log Truck Driver Dies After Tree-Length Load Crushes Cab During Rollover
A log truck driver was traveling on a paved road in…
Logger Seriously Injured by Falling Chipper Knives
Background On a clear summer day in the Southeastern Region, a…
Employee Crushes Finger in Feller-Buncher Door
Background On an overcast winter day in the Southcentral Region, a…
Mechanic Injured While Changing Dual Tires on Feller-Buncher
Background On a clear and sunny morning in the Southeast Region,…
Loader Operator Injured During Improper Dismount
loader at the end of the workday. Although it was not…
Falling Tree Injures In-Woods Workers
On a partly cloudy Fall morning in the Southcentral U.S., two…
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
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
2020 FBM Keynote Speaker Session
Taking Your Safety Culture to the Next Level
In an industry as dangerous as forestry, fostering a strong safety…
Navigating The Challenges Of Florida’s Timber Industry
It is clear the forestry industry relies on all aspects in…
PATHH Program Shows Impacts of Pandemic on Logging Sector
In December 2020, the final spending bill provided discretionary funding of…
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