FRA’s Southeastern Region serves FRA members throughout the South Atlantic including Georgia, South Carolina, the majority of Florida, Eastern North Carolina, and Eastern Virginia. 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 Southeastern Region has a spring and fall meeting each year.

Southeastern Region Map

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Safety Alerts

Mechanic Injured While Changing Dual Tires on Feller-Buncher

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Leadership

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Clay Altizer

Southwide Region Manager

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

 

Upcoming Meetings:

FRA 2023 Southcentral Region Steering Committee Meeting / Forest Products Security Group Meeting
November 7-9
Starkville, MS

FRA 2023 Timber Harvesting & Procurement Short Course
December 11-14
Auburn University

States in this Region

  • Eastern North Carolina
  • Eastern Virginia
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • South Carolina

Resources

Technical Releases

23-R-30 Forestry Stream Crossings Assessed for Effectiveness in Preventing Soil Erosion in North Carolina

Technical Releases

23-R-21 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Monitoring Forestry Best Management Practices in the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern U.S.

Technical Releases

23-R-12 The Be Pro Be Proud Mobile Workshop

Technical Releases

23-R-02 Log Truck Driver Compensation Lags That of General Freight Drivers Over the Last Decade

Technical Releases

22-R-37-Women in the Woods

Technical Releases

22-R-36-Forestry and Inflation- Friends or Foes?

Safety Alerts

23-S-10 Slip During Debris Removal Injures Feller Buncher Operator

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Safety Alerts

23-S-08 Discharged Board Fractures Lumber Grader’s Eye Socket

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Safety Alerts

23-S-07 Truck Driver Injured by Improperly Secured Load

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Safety Alerts

23-S-06 Motor Grader Operator Injured While Replacing Cutting Blades

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Safety Alerts

22-S-17-Log Truck Driver Injured During Crash While Not Wearing a Seatbelt

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Safety Alerts

22-S-16-Driver Injured While Failing to Maintain a Safe Following Distance

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Carbon Reports

North Carolina

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in North Carolina

Carbon Reports

Southeastern

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in the Southeastern Region

Carbon Reports

South Carolina

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in South Carolina

Carbon Reports

Virginia

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Virginia

Carbon Reports

Georgia

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Georgia Georgia has 24.6 million…

Carbon Reports

Florida

Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Florida Florida has 17.3 million…

Presentations

Drone Use And…. Some Things to Think About

Presentations

Palmetto Berry Theft Cases

Presentations

Welcome to Georgia

Presentations

The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Cyber Security in Forestry

Presentations

Security Audits

Presentations

Forest Products Chain of Custody/Drone Use

Labor Northeast Workforce

Part of the Workforce Challenge is a Demographic Challenge

Across the country, the forest products industry is facing labor challenges…

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Lake States Workforce

Help Wanted, Now Hiring: Workforce Shortages in the Forest Products Industry

HELP WANTED, NOW HIRING. These are familiar refrains across the country…

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Forest Management National Technology Training

FRA’s Focus on Effective Technical Writing and Knowledge Sharing

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