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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Leadership

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Clay Altizer

Southwide Region Manager

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

26-TR-31 Promoting Camera Technology to Improve Safety in the Mississippi Log Trucking Industry

Technical Releases

26-TR-30 What to Do if You Encounter a Cemetery or Other Areas of Importance in the Forest

Technical Releases

25-TR-18 Wood vs. Concrete-Rethinking the Story We Tell About Building Materials

Technical Releases

25-TR-19 A Primer on Log Truck Driver Compensation

Technical Releases

25-TR-28 Introduction to Thermally Modified Wood

Technical Releases

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

Safety Alerts

25-SA-10 Empleado de Aserradero Lesionado

Safety Alerts

25-SA-10 Sawmill Employee Injured After Entering Unauthorized Work Area

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

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 2026 Southcentral Region Fall Meeting

Presentations

FRA 2025 SCR FPSG Fall Meeting Presentations

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

National Northeast Policy

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