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
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
26-TR-31 Promoting Camera Technology to Improve Safety in the Mississippi Log Trucking Industry
26-TR-30 What to Do if You Encounter a Cemetery or Other Areas of Importance in the Forest
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-28 Introduction to Thermally Modified Wood
25-TR-16 ForestryWorks® Forest Worker Credentialing Program Equips Students with Industry-Recognized Skills
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 2026 Southcentral Region Fall Meeting
FRA 2025 SCR FPSG Fall Meeting Presentations
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
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From Forest to Mill: Sharing Knowledge Across the Wood Supply Chain
National Forest Products Week | October 18–24, 2026 The forest products…
The Future of the Forest Product Industry Depends on the Next Generation
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the…

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