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By Buzz JenkinsWe are finally getting to the time of

the year when we can maximize our pro-duction as the summer weather begins.The only thing that can slow us downnow is a quota from the mill.We are still fighting the lack of experi-

enced woods hands and truck drivers.There are many lined up to drive a truckbut the ones that we can reasonablyinsure are limited due to problems withtheir driving records.We always say that we lose workers to

the offshore industry but I’m noticingnow that in north Louisiana we are alsolosing men to the lignite mining indus-try. I’m sure that those near Baton Rougeor Lake Charles also have potential work-ers heading to other fields in the nearbycities.What some people don’t realize is that

the pay for logging workers is good onceyou get some experience under your belt.But some young inexperienced workersdon’t have much patience to learn theropes before they want to be makingwhat the guy with 18 years on the job ismaking.

As you know wehave been workingto get the timberharvesting operatorclass going at thetechnical schoolsbut there seems tobe so manyobstacles.The first pilot

class was a success by all measures. Butthe obstacles in the system seem prettytough. I don’t understand if your job iseducating people for the state’s workforcewhy it’s so difficult. If you can offer aclass in office technology or welding,why can’t the system figure out the wayto offer one in timber harvesting?The state has a vested interest in pro-

viding workers to industry standards in afield like ours that is so important. Wecan chase new industry all the time or wecan grow the ones that we have alreadyhere.

(Buzz Jenkins is the president of theLouisiana Logging Council.)

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Louisiana LoggerPublished quarterly by the Louisiana Logging Council

P.O. Box 5067Alexandria, LA 71307 318 - 443-2558

President Buzz JenkinsRobeline

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Chapter ChairmenChapter 1 - Lawrence Hill

Spearsville • 318-778-9900hill_jclaw@yahoo.comCaskey TerrellFarmerville • 318-368-8822terrallogging@aol.com

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Haughton • 318-949-3672skeet@suddenlinkmail.com

Chapter 3 - Jack McFarlandWinnfield • 318-727-9696

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Chapter 4 - Tommy FrazierBoyce • 318-793-8659frzraie@att.net

Chapter 5 - Carl “Randy” MartinPitkin • 318-358-3205crblgs@aol.com

Chapter 6 - Malcolm SibleyWalker • 225-686-7935

For informationabout articles oradvertising, pleasecall Janet Tompkinsat 318-443-2558.

For information onclasses or trainingrecords, consult thewebsite:www.laforestry.comor call GraceeMalone at 318-443-2558.

kstimber@aol.comChapter 7 -.Vacant

Three loggers certified toSmartLogging programThree Louisiana loggers underwent

on-the-ground audits to become certifiedunder the SmartLogging program of theRainforest Alliance.Dennis Aucoin, Mickey Hawkins and

Malcolm Sibley are all third-party certi-fied to the standards as set by theLouisiana Logging Council.“It’s just one more level of profession-

al certification that can make a landown-er or a manufacturing company, showpreference to an individual logger,” saidC. A. “Buck” Vandersteen, executivedirector of the Louisiana ForestryAssociation and the Louisiana LoggingCouncil.Louisiana is one of only a handful of

states who have ongoing third party cer-tified logger programs.“We are recruiting new members to

this program now,” said Vandersteen.Anyone who is interested in joining theprogram can call Gracee Malone at (318)443-2558.Those who join the program must be

Master Loggers and be members of theLouisiana Logging Council and theOSHA partnership program.

Jenkins

Summer brings high production but lack ofexperienced workers still a problem

Thompson Hardwood MillWarehouse in Hazlehurst, Miss. burnedto the ground June 9 destroying $30million worth of inventory.At one point there were 34 fire

departments on the scene and about 127firefighters, local officials said.The Thompson saw mill itself was

spared but the warehouse was a totalloss. The office building also burned.The fire began the morning of June 9

and burned for 24 hours. Two fire fight-ers were injured and taken to the hospi-tal with heat exhaustion.The fire did not start in the kiln but

instead began in one of three adjoiningwarehouses. Gusty winds then spread itto all the structures and the offices.Company officials plan to restart pro-duction.

Hardwood warehousedestroyed in Miss.

Eddie Ray Havens

Eddie Ray Havens Logging

By Georgiann GullettAround 2007, logger Eddie Ray

Havens of DeRidder told his only son,Elton, who was living in Missouri at thetime, he needed to move back homebecause his dad was thinking about retir-ing and wanted Elton to take over thefamily business. Elton returned toLouisiana, but at the age of 79, E.R. ashe’s known by friends, family and col-leagues, has yet to retire and continues toplay a role in the business he’s worked insince his junior high years.It’s easy to see Elton doesn’t mind as

he tells the story with a smile. He knowshow much the business means to hisdad.“The first time I worked in the

woods, I was in the sixth grade,” recallsE.R., who was born and raised in Singerabout 16 miles south of DeRidder. “Iwas peeling for my uncle.” In that day,logs were peeled by hand with a toolcalled a “pole peeler” that looked like ahoe before being delivered to the mill. “Igot a chance to make enough money tobuy school clothes. Times were hard

back then. Then I started driving mulesto skid logs, and I got $10 a day.” Later,he was promoted to truck driver andmade $12 a day.Havens started his own logging busi-

ness in the early 60s. His banker warnedhim it was a hard business to get into. “Itold him I thought I could do it,” he

said. As the banker cautioned, it wasn’t

easy, but Havens succeeded. He startedwith a truck and trailer, and in the earlydays, hauled two loads of pulpwood aday to the OI Paper Mill in Orange,Texas. After several years, he bought hisfirst loader. He reports it took him aboutan hour to load his first load, and healmost turned the machine over. “I want-ed to take it back, but then I realized Ihad to use it because it would be quick-er.” Then he added a skidder.Thanks to his persistence, E.R.

Havens Logging remains strong today.

The business, which at its peak producedabout 300 loads a week and employed45 people, averages about 100 loads perweek. E.R. Havens Logging, recognized as

an Outstanding Area Logger by theLouisiana Forestry Association in 1994,mostly conducts clearcuts and primarilyworks within a 100-mile radius ofDeRidder. The bulk of the harvesting isdone on lands owned by HancockTimber Resource Group or MolpusWoodlands Group. Logs are delivered tothe Boise Cascade Plywood Plant inOakdale and Leesville Lumber Co. inLeesville, pulpwood goes to PCA inDeRidder and poles to Texas ElectricCooperatives (TEC) in Jasper, Texas.His crew includes seven truck drivers,

three loader men, two skidder drivers, ashear hand and crew foreman RogerJordan, who has been with Havens for45 years. His nephew, skidder driver JoeHester, has been with the business 28years. The equipment they handleincludes three John Deere loaders, twoJohn Deere skidders and two Tigercatshears, which are both run by FrankWilliams (known as Red) who rotatesbetween the two jobs E.R. HavensLogging usually has running simultane-ously. Elton, who started working sum-

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COVER PHOTO: E.R. Havens, at age79, remembers when he got $10 a day toskid logs with mules. He continues in hisown business today. (Photo by GeorgiannGullett)

By Georgiann Gullett

E.R. Havens, at right, is shown with one of his logging crews including from leftElton Havens, Frank Williams, Devin Jarrell, Rodney Pelt, Rodney Jordan andRoger Jordan, who has worked with Havens for 45 years.

E.R. Havens not ready to retire from logging

“The first time I worked inthe woods, I was in thesixth grade.”

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mers in the woods with his dad at theage of 12, now does most of the day-to-day supervision of logging operations.In addition to Elton, two of Havens’

three daughters also assist with the oper-ation. Georgia Franks handles labor pay-roll and prepares payroll for the firm’sbookkeepers, and Angie Lanier takes careof accounts payable and insurance as wellas preparing the books for the bookkeep-ers at tax time. The third daughter –Debra Havens – doesn’t work in thefamily business, but is employed in theindustry as a security guard at thePackaging Corporation of America’s con-tainerboard mill in DeRidder (formerlyowned by Boise Cascade).Havens appreciates all who have

helped him and the business along theway. “I have worked with some mightyfine people,” he says.Havens’ appreciation extends to the

people representing the various compa-nies he’s helped supply with pulpwoodor logs, such as Mike Smith, manager offiber procurement operations at PCAand its predecessor, Boise Cascade, andTom Rhodes, manager of fiber procure-ment operations for Boise Cascade.“Mike’s a super nice guy, and I think theworld of him and Tom Rhodes, too,” hesaid. “If I have a problem, I can go inand talk to them about it.” The respect is mutual. Smith also val-

ues Havens’ contribution to Boise andPCA. “E.R. Havens Logging is an inde-pendent logging operation that has beendoing business with Boise Cascade andnow PCA for the past 25-30 years,” hesaid. “Eddie Ray Havens sets a high levelof expectations in regards to safety, pro-fessionalism, and overall quality of hisoperation. His attitude about getting thejob done correctly, efficiently and consis-tently has earned him a high level ofrespect in the logging business by hisemployees, peers, landowners and thefirms that he does business with. E.R.Havens Logging is a firm that we areproud to work with.”Asked about the current state of the

logging industry, Havens says he believesthe demand for wood is probablystronger than it’s been in a long time.There are some challenges, however.“There’s a shortage of labor,” he said.

“It’s getting harder and harder to get peo-ple to work in the woods.” It’s alsobecoming more difficult to find qualifieddrivers with driving records cleanenough to meet insurance requirements,he explains. Havens and Elton – bothcertified Master Loggers – believeincreasing costs for fuel and equipmentwithout accompanying increases in thepay logging contractors receive couldfurther discourage people from enteringthe business in the future. “It can run$1,000 to fuel up a truck,” Elton said.Regardless of difficulties associated

with a logging career, Havens has no

regrets about devoting his life to thebusiness. A question about whether he’dchoose differently if he could start overtoday elicits a quick shake of the headand a one-word answer of no. “MikeSmith always tells me, ‘E.R., don’t youever quit,” he says. And as daughter Georgia explains,

“We’ve already been given orders that ifhe one day can’t drive, we’re to drive himso he can still go in the woods.”

(Georgiann Gullett is a freelance writer anda former editor of Forests & People magazine.)

E.R. Havens’ nephew – skidder driver Joe Hester – has worked in his uncle’s logging business for28 years.

Elton Havens, son to E.R., now does much of the day-to-day supervision of the logging crew for hisfather. (Photo by Georgiann Gullett)

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By C.A. “Buck” VandersteenThe wood pellet industry is creating much opportunity and

critical discussion. In the United Kingdom (UK) policy makershave decided to move from coal to renewable sources for power.Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent to upgrade coal-fired boilers to handle biomass in the form of wood pellets. Theplan for this type energy is to last until 2027.Drax Biomass, the leading coal energy producer in the UK, is

investing millions of dollars to meet the mandate for using lesspolluting sources of power forelectric generation. Their pre-ferred renewable material iswoody biomass that they canprocure from all over the worldbut primarily in Canada andthe US. Their recent develop-ment of manufacturing facilities in Gloster, Miss., Bastrop, andloading facilities at the Port of Baton Rouge are indicative oftheir commitment to using wood as a source of energy produc-tion.Skeptics in the UK wonder if this is a smart use of resources.

They claim that “destroying” U.S. forests for electricity genera-tion is unsustainable. Consumers in the UK are also beginningto see their utility bills rise as the cost for biomass conversionbegins to take place. Will this deter plans for future use of bio-mass?Drax recently hosted UK newspaper reporters from the

Sunday Times and the Financial Times to a tour of theLouisiana and Mississippi forests and Drax operations. I wasinvited to attend as a representative of the Louisiana ForestryAssociation and Louisiana Logging Council. There was anevening of questions and good fellowship where sustainabilitywas the topic of discussion.Drax had contracted with helicopters to transport the

reporters and hosts from Baton Rouge to forestry operations.They traveled over tree tops and were impressed by the sea ofgreen pine trees ubiquitous to both states.One would have to believe they were impressed with what

they saw. We questioned whether UK had the desire to followthrough with its commitment to use renewable fuels through2027 in light of rising electricity rates and upcoming criticalgeneral elections. Their response was it did not seem to affect thefuture use of wood pellets. Drax would not have made the com-mitment to re-tool its boilers had it thought otherwise. Louisiana and Mississippi wood baskets show more tree

growth each year than is harvested and dies. The thousands offorest landowners, many of whom are certified for managingtheir forests sustainably, see this wood pellet market as anotherway to support their investment in growing trees. Loggers see a new market opportunity as well but are cautious

before investing thousands of dollars to purchase and upgradethe necessary equipment.Within the last few weeks the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) released regulations that would reduce green-

house gas emissions from U.S. electriccompanies by 30%. If this regulationstands, how much of US wood pellet pro-duction will go to domestic energy insteadof being available for export to the UK andother places?UK and the European markets continue

to wrestle with definitions for forest sus-tainability. Their biggest concern is whether

the wood is com-ing from sustainablesources.Certification systems likeTree Farm, SFI, Forest StewardshipCouncil (FSC), and others seem tobe the preferred measures for forestsustainability. Master Logger and

programs like SmartLogging are valuable when it comes to certi-fying that the logging operations are done in a safe and environ-mentally friendly way. Louisiana forests, and those across the South, have a great

opportunity to meet a world-wide demand for renewable forestresources. These market opportunities will help loggers diversifyand achieve more efficient production.Drax is not the only wood pellet market looking at Louisiana.

Before long we may have Louisiana Biomass Power inNatchitoches and German Pellets in Urania. This can be thedawn of a new era in forestry that we have been waiting to seefor a long time.

(Buck Vandersteen is the executive director of the LouisianaForestry Association and the Louisiana Logging Council.)

Is it the dawn of a new era or just a mirage?

Vandersteen

“If this regulation stands, how much ofthe U.S. wood pellet production will go

to domestic energy?”

These two large pellet storage facilities for Drax are visible as youcross the Mississippi River Bridge into Baton Rouge. The pellets willbe made in Bastrop and Gloster, Miss. and shipped from the Port ofBaton Rouge to head to the United Kingdom and other locations.(Photo by Buck Vandersteen)

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Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) introducedH.R. 4590, the Future Logging CareersAct in the U.S. House of Representatives.The bill would help to ensure that the 16and 17-year-old sons and daughters offamily-owned timber harvesting business-es are able to begin following in the foot-steps of their parents by amending theFair Labor Standards Act to allow for theexemption.Like farming and ranching, the timber

harvesting profession is often a family-runbusiness where the practice and tech-niques of harvesting and transporting for-est products to receiving mills is passeddown from generation to generation.Timber harvesting operations are sim-

ilar to family farms with sophisticated andexpensive harvesting equipment thatrequires young men and women to learnhow to run the business, including equip-ment operation and maintenance, priorto the age of 18.The amendment would only apply to

those 16 and 17 year old children who

would be working under the direct super-vision of their parent or by a personstanding in place of their parent in a log-ging or mechanized operation owned oroperated by such parent or person. The bill excludes the manual use of

chain saws for felling and processing tim-ber as well as operating cable skidders,which are not considered operations in amechanized timber harvesting operation.Members of the American Loggers

Council support H.R. 4590 and are urg-ing members of Congress to support thelegislation to ensure the long term healthof the logging industry and support theentrance of youth into this vital economicsector of our country.The American Loggers Council is a

non-profit 501(c)(6) organization repre-senting timber harvesting professionals in30 states. For more information contact the

American Loggers Council office at 409-625-0206 or visit their website atwww.americanloggers.org.

Future Logging Career Act introduced to help logging families

Alexandria • 318- 448-6211Baton Rouge • 225-923-3450

Alexandria and Baton Rouge

The In-Woods-Expo 2015 willbe June 18-20 next year in HotSprings, Ark. The Expo will besponsored by Hatton-BrownPublishers Inc and the ArkansasTimber Producers Assn.

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The use of sodium nitrite as a feral hog toxicantAny concerns about secondary poi-

soning in which predators or humanscan be harmed by consuming the meatof sodium nitrite poisoned hogs is alsocause for only minor concern. In manymammals, including humans, the half-life of sodium nitrite is 30 to 60 minutes. Sub-lethal doses consumed by other

animals are quickly reduced. During theprocess of hogs ingesting and sufferingthe effects of sodium nitrite, the product is also converted intoa compound different from what was originally ingested. What is known at this point is that sodium nitrite will kill

feral swine but dosage rates vary according to animal size. Theproduct also oxidizes rapidly and has a strong odor, both ofwhich make a safe and palatable delivery system an issue toovercome. With growing disease concerns, crop damage and negative

wildlife implications brought about by the explosion in feralhog numbers, a toxicant such as sodium nitrite might one daybecome an important tool in the tool chest of control meas-ures.For the moment however, there are NO legal and approved

toxicants for use on feral hogs and any type of poison is illegalfor use. (Dr. Don Reed is a forestry and wildlife specialist with the

LSU AgCenter. Email him at dreed@agcenter.lsu.edu.)

By Don Reed

With feral hog numbers increasing throughout Louisiana, thetrapping and shooting of these nuisance quadrupeds is not keep-ing pace with recruitment of new animals in many areas of thestate. As studies have confirmed and recent articles haveaddressed, it requires an annual harvest rate of around 75% just tokeep a population at its current level. None of the control measures with the possible exception of

aerial shooting have come close to this 75% reduction number.The cost and feasibility of this technique will never make it aviable control measure for most landowners in Louisiana.For this reason, the LSU AgCenter is looking into procedures

and techniques for the safe application of a toxicant known assodium nitrite for reducing feral hog numbers. This productwhile labeled for use in Australia for feral hog control is most like-ly years away from any type of widespread use in this area. Whilethis may be the case, it is still necessary for preliminary studies tobe done in order that information will be available when thelabeling process does begin. AgCenter scientists are looking specifically at two questions.

What are the minimum dosage rates for hogs of varying weightsand what is a safe and effective delivery system for getting thebaits to feral hogs, while avoiding exposure to non-target species.Unlike other toxicants, sodium nitrite has two important char-

acteristics that should make labeling procedures somewhat easierto accomplish. The product allows for a very humane death ofthe animal by way of a process known as methemoglobinemia.This simply means the oxidation of hemoglobin in the blood sothat it cannot carry oxygen. Upon ingesting sodium nitrite, mostanimals become lethargic and simply lie down and die.

Secondly, while other non-target animals are susceptible tothe effects of sodium nitrite, hogs are severely lacking in their abil-ity to produce methemoglobin reductase which can reverse mod-erate methemoglobinemia.

Don Reed

The LSU AgCenter is now testing a possible toxin to use on feral hogs. At thispoint there is no legal toxicant for the destructive animals.

The Forest Resources Association’s Board of Directors elect-ed Tom Reed, vice president of resources in Plum Creek’sAtlantic South region, to serve as the FRA Chairman for thecoming two years.Reed thanked his predecessor, Tom Norris, for his strong

leadership during the past two years, which saw the 80-year-old association hire a new president, improve its financial posi-tion, reform its dues structure, grow its political activism, andmove its national headquarters to downtown Washington,DC.“My goal is to improve and increase FRA’s grassroots capa-

bilities,” said Reed. “We have made great progress in responseto FRA grassroots alerts, with 1,100 letters to Congress in2013, and already a total exceeding 1,700 in just the first fourmonths of 2014. This is an area ripe for growth.” Speaking about enhancing wood supply chain relations,

Reed placed emphasis on using FRA as a means of identifyingthe “value proposition” of Wood Supply Research Instituteresearch and of promoting it both to wood suppliers and woodconsumers. Reed also emphasized the importance of encour-aging members to adapt to emerging markets and to recognizethe contribution they make to sustainable forestry.

Reed elected FRA chair

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

Making Money in the Logging Business, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.,$40** 6 hrs. CLE credit. $100 to pay at the door.____ Sept. 23: Shreveport, La. Tech Shreveport Center, 8028

Shreve Park Dr.____ Sept. 24: DeRidder, War Memorial Civic Center, 250

West 7th St.____ Sept. 25: Pineville, Country Inn and Suites, 2727

Monroe Hwy.

Name: ____________________________________________Company: ________________________________________Address: __________________________________________City, State, Zip: ____________________________________Phone: ___________________________________________Cell phone: _______________________________________� Check here if La. Logging Council member. $20 for LLC

members who are pre-registered.Make check payable to La. Forestry Association and mail to:

La. Forestry AssociationPOBox 5067Alexandria, LA 71307

Or charge to credit card: � AmEx � MasterCard � Visa � Discover

Card Number _____________________________________Expiration ________________________________________Name on Card _____________________________________Signature _________________________________________If paying by credit card, fax registration to 318-443-1713 oremail to gmalone@laforestry.com.

Other opportunities:You may take the Business Management class in the core

classes Nov. 6 at the Country Inn and Suites for 6 hrs. CLE cred-it. None of the other core classes are available for CLE. Check theclass on the right side of this form to register. $40.

July 9-10: Logging Cost Analysis, Hilton Garden Inn, 5971Financial Plaza, Shreveport. Sponsored by Warnell School ofForestry in Georgia, $395 by June 18. Call (540) 231-6924 oremail ingvar@uga.edu. 10 CLE hrs.

Aug. 26-28: LFA Annual Convention, Sam’s Town, 315Clyde Fant Pkwy., Shreveport. Registration varies from $183 -$213. See regisration form at www.laforestry.com. 6 hrs. CLE.

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MASTER LOGGER CLASSESMay classes will be held at the Country Inn & Suites, 2727Monroe Hwy, Pineville, LA 71360 For overnight guests, youcan call (318) 641-8332, ask for Sarah Atwood and tell them youare with the LFA group. Only one more round of Master Loggerclassed will be held in October-November.

Pre-registration and payment required! Pre-regis-ter or pay double at the door.

*Reduced to $20 for La. Logging Council members ifpre-registered.___ Best Management Practices $40*

Tuesday, Oct. 28 8 a.m.___ Safety (TH/TS & OSHA Regulations) $40*

Wdnesday, Oct. 29 8 a.m.___ Forestry Aesthetics/Erosion Control $40

Wednesday, Nov. 5 8 a.m.___ Business Management $40*

Thursday, Nov. 6 8 a.m.

You must register for all the classes to get yourMaster Logger certificate. For 6 hrs CLE, only theBusiness Management class is available.

Name: ____________________________________Company: _________________________________Address: _________________________________City, State Zip: _____________________________Phone: ____________________________________Cell phone: _________________________________� Check here if La. Logging Council member companyMake check payable to LA Forestry Association and mail to:

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and email to gmalone@laforestry.com.

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Join the LouisianaLogging Council today!

The Louisiana Logging Council works for you – lobbying ourlegislature and working with regulatory agencies. Do you havetime to make your voice count? All you have to do is join thecouncil today. Membership in the LLC also automaticallymakes you a member in the Louisiana Forestry Association.The LLC is an affiliate of the American Loggers’ Council, thenational voice for logging.

Annual membershipq Logging Contractors $250q Wood Dealers $250 q Trucking contractors $250

Associate membershipq Equipment Dealers $300q Insurance & Banks $300q Service and Supplies $150

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Make checks payable to theLouisiana Logging Council. Mail toLLC, PO Boc 5067, Alexandria LA71307

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The Louisiana Logging Council has a pro logging message on this billboardlocated on Interstate 49 facing south near the Hwy. 6 intersection. The bill-board will be up for June and July. The Council may use a similar messagein south Louisiana in the fall. Kenneth Morgan of Natchitoches allowed hisphotograph to be used for the billboard. (Photo by Janet Tompkins)

The Louisiana Logging Council has embarkedon a billboard program to spread the message ofthe importance of logging to the state.“We are the backbone of the forest industry,’

said Buzz Jenkins, Louisiana Logging Councilpresident. “Loggers bridge the gap between landowners

and industry,” said C.A. “Buck” Vandersteen.“Neither one can succeed without the vibrant,professional logging group in the state.”The first billboard went up in June on

Interstate 49 near Natchitoches. It will remain uptill August. Another billboard is being consideredfor south Louisiana in the fall. Kenneth Morgan of Natchitoches agreed to let

his image be used on the sign. Morgan is a formerLouisiana Outstanding Logger. “The logger and machinery, the Logging

Council logo and the message: ‘Louisiana MasterLoggers-Heart of a $3 billion industry’ remindseveryone of the importance of our logging force,”said Janet Tompkins, editor of the LouisianaLogger magazine and Forests & People magazine.

I-49 billboard displaysLogging Council message

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By Brian NelsonAre you concerned about the future of the timber industry? If

not, you are most likely in the minority. Mill closures, mergers,high cost of raw materials, shortage of qualified operators, theconstant barrage of government regulations, and the overall highcost of running a business today are just a few of the many hur-dles that we all must navigate in order to stay afloat. While theAmerican Loggers Council (ALC) can’t solve all these issues,they are currently working on many of them and will continueto do so into the future.When my term as ALC President started last fall, I listed a set

of goals that I wanted to accomplish. The issue at the top of thatlist was to address the entrance of the next generation of timberharvesters into our industry. In order for this industry to survive,we must have a qualified and competent work force to not onlyoperate equipment but to also take over the reins of running thebusiness when the current owner decides to step away. This issueis one that the ALC has been working on for a number of yearsnow and just started to gain some momentum with the intro-duction of H.R.4590 and S.2335.The Future Logging Careers Act - H.R.4590 was introduced

by Rep. Labrador (R-ID ) while the Youth Careers In LoggingAct -S.2335 was introduced by Sen. Risch (R-ID) andSen.Crapo (R-ID ). Both of these bills would amend the FairLabor Standards Act of 1938 so that 16 and 17 year olds wouldbe allowed to work in mechanized logging operations underparental supervision.Timber harvesting operations are similar to family farms - but

with sophisticated and expensive harvesting equipment thatrequires young men and women to learn how to run the busi-ness, including equipment operation, maintenance and safetyprior to the age of 18. However, young men and women in fam-ilies who own and operate timber harvesting companies aredenied the opportunity to work and learn the family trade untilthey reach adulthood. The potential next generation of profes-sional timber harvesters are being denied the opportunity tomake logging their career of choice until after they turn 18because of outdated Child Labor Law Regulations while theagriculture industry is exempt from said regulations.While much progress has been made in just the last couple of

months, there is still a lot of work to be done if we want to seethese bills passed into law. A vast majority of bills introduced inCongress end up dying in committee, so it is critical that we alldo our part to ensure that these bills are passed out of commit-tee and eventually signed into law.Regardless of whether you work as a logger, work in a mill, or

work for a timber company this issue has the potential to affectthe entire wood supply chain because as current loggers leave thebusiness there needs to be a new generation coming in or even-tually our industry will cease to exist. H.R.4590 has been referred to the House Committee on

Education and the Workforce while S.2335 has been referred tothe Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and

Pensions.It is imperative that we contact

directly as many House and Senateoffices as possible and ask them to sup-port the bill, so please pass this alertalong to anyone who you feel is willingto respond, including other organiza-tions and vendors who you do businesswith. We will need a majority in boththe House and Senate to pass the billonce it comes to the floor for a vote!If you are unsure of who your con-

gressional delegates are then please contact the ALC office or goto the ALC website to find their contact information. I urgeeveryone in the timber industry to either make a call or send anemail to their respective Senate and House members to get themto support this very important issue to our industry. The moreSenate and House members hear from us the more likely theywill be to support this and the more of them that support thisthe better chance we have of moving it forward.

(Brian Nelson is the current President of the American LoggersCouncil and he and his brother David and father Marvin own andoperate Marvin Nelson Forest Products, Inc. based out of Cornell,Michigan.) (The American Loggers Council is a non-profit 501(c) (6) corpo-

ration representing professional timber harvesters in 30 states acrossthe US. For more information, visit their web site at www.ameri-canloggers.org or contact their office at 409-625-0206.)

Nelson

As I See It: ALC push for logger children to work

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Shawn Baker, research coordinator at the Georgia Warnell School of Forestry, will be the featured speaker at theLouisiana Forestry Association annual meeting and theLouisiana Logging Council seminar. The convention will be Aug. 26-28 and the special logger

seminar is Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 3:45 p.m. His topic is“Searching for the Profit in Your Logging Job.” He will alsoaddress the full convention that morning on logging capacity.Sponsors of the logger seminar are GCR Tire, Lott Oil,

Regions Insurance and Sabine State Bank.Those attending the convention can earn 6 hours of CLE

credit. Registration forms are available on the website atwww.laforestry.com or call for an agenda and form to be mailedto you.The Outstanding Louisiana Logger will be named that

evening, Aug. 27 during the Fun Night sponsored by GraphicPackaging. The event includes a meal, door prizes and enter-tainer Jon Stetson, a mentalist comedien.The Louisiana Logging Council also sponsors the shotgun

card raffle that morning at the Bloody Mary Social prior tolunch. Participants can purchase a playing card from two decksfor $20 each. One card will be drawn for the winner of the gun.Other speakers at the convention include Pete Stewart, pres-

ident of Forest2Market, Lynn Wilson, Rayonier vice presidentand Brett Butler, forest inventory analyst for the U.S. ForestService.

There will also be a golf tournament and clay shoot onTuesday, August 26. The Golf Club at StoneBridge is the sitefor the golf scramble and the Shreveport Gun Club is the venuefor the 100-target clay shoot.Room rates at the hotel for the meeting are $85 per night.

Logging seminar Aug. 27 at Sam’s Town Hotel

Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino at 315 Clyde Fant Pkwy inShreveport is the site of the LFA annual convention.

By Niels de HoopThe variety of injuries from logging accidents in 2013 was

greater than usual, although 70% of them occurred to truckdrivers.The raw number of trucker accidents has stayed roughly the

same since we started tracking Strategic Partnership accidents.We are enjoying fewer accidents with machine operators, leavingmore attention on the trucker accidents.Every year, the logging companies that sign up with the

Strategic Partnership between OSHA and the LouisianaLogging Council are asked to turn in their accident reports. Thisreport is a summary of those accidents. There are 327 companiessigned up with the Strategic Partnership.Eighty-six percent of the companies reported that they had

no accidents during 2013. This is about normal for recent years.Although there seems to be a good handle on proper dis-

mounting procedures for equipment operators, we still see slips

while truckers dismount. Training truck drivers in the proper 3-point mounting and dismounting technique is still needed. Thetypical injury from a slip while dismounting causes roughly aweek’s lost time.Although we saw some relatively minor injuries when felling

machines overturned, operators are still more at risk when out-side the machine – dismounting, performing repairs, and end-of-day maintenance. Hydraulic hoses are continual problemswith equipment, and some of the injuries included hydraulicfluid under pressure injected into fingers. Use tools, gloves andface protection when checking hoses for leaks.Seventy percent of the accidents occurred to truck drivers.

Traditionally, most truck driver accidents occur while outsidethe truck – dismounting, binding loads, unbinding, and simplywalking around the truck. The last few years have also seen a sig-nificant number of highway accidents. Defensive driving shouldbe an important part of any logging safety program.This year, we also saw some truck accidents on woods roads

and even in the mill yards. Stumps are common next to woodsroads as well as in the woods. Dealing with them can make agood safety meeting topic. Seat belts help a lot in preventingpainful injuries. This applies to truck drivers as well as skidderoperators and cutter operators.Mill yards are crowded places, creating hazards even when

trucks move slowly or are supposedly parked. When waiting inline, trucks should be spaced apart widely enough to allow reac-tion time should something unexpected happen, like a brakefailure or a trucker forgetting to set his brake. Hazards observedat mill yards should be brought to the attention of the appropri-ate supervisors until rectified.Any logging operation is composed of many individual activ-

ities. In each safety meeting held by the loggingcrew, there is an opportunity to select any oneof those activities, pick it apart, and discusshow it can be improved. This is a good way toeffect the OHSA-required annual training forexperienced operators and drivers, while notboring them with things they already know.This way, you might also find a more efficientway to do something along with finding a safer way.

(C.F. “Niels” de Hoop is an associate professor at the LouisianaForest Products Development Center, School of Renewable NaturalResources, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, LSU AgCenter.Contact: cdehoop@lsu.edu; 225-578-4242.)

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2013 OSHA partner accidents: a variety of injuries

Niels deHoop

Most log & chip truck driver injuries are occurring while dismounting thetruck or while driving on the highway. Training in these two activities shouldbe continual.

Most logging injuries occur to the knees, ankles or fingers but 2013 was anexception. There was a wide variety of injuries across the board in thestate.

“Operators are still more at risk when outside themachine –– dismounting, performing repairs and

end-of-day maintenance.”Shoulder

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Southern Forest Products, Inc. in Chalmette, has closed. Theexport business which shipped about 24 million board feet ofrough logs to China last year is no longer in operation. The 15acre log yard had 15 employees and 15 full time truck drivers. Mitch Wilson, procurement forester, is no longer working for

the company which also has yards in Savannah and Natchez.

Graphic Pkg. sells Pine Bluff millGraphic Packaging entered into an agreement with the

Mondi Group to sell nine multi-wall bag converting plants andthe Pine Bluff, Ark. kraft paper mill.David Scheible, Graphic Packaging chairman, president and

CEO said the sale of these “non-core assets” will transform thecompany into a pure paperboard packaging company.The sale should close in the last second quarter or early third

quarter 2014.

Southern Forest Products closes down

Sutton new IP president; LSU graduateMark S. Sutton has been promoted to president and chief

operating officer for International Paper and elected a memberof the company's board of directors effective immediately. Inthis new role Sutton will immediately assume responsibility forthe operations of the company and will continue to report toCEO John Faraci. Most recently,Sutton served as InternationalPaper senior vice president, industrial packaging."Mark has been a key member of our leadership team and

has played an instrumental role in the transformation ofInternational Paper over the last decade," Faraci said. "He hasdone an excellent job integrating the acquisition of TempleInland, and with 30 years of proven success at InternationalPaper in a variety of assignments, I'm confident Mark will con-tinue to make International Paper a stronger, better company." Sutton has been with International Paper his entire 30-year

career. He joined the company in 1984 as an engineer at thePineville mill. In 1994, he was named mill manager at theThilmany, Wisc.

In 2000, Sutton relocated to Europe to serve as director ofEuropean corrugated packaging operations and was promoted tovice president and general manager responsible for all corrugatedpackaging operations across Europe, the Middle East and Africain 2002. In 2005, he was named vice president of corporatestrategic planning and relocated to Memphis. He was namedsenior vice president, global supply chain, in 2007 and in 2009became senior vice president, printing and communicationspapers – the Americas. In 2011, Sutton was appointed seniorvice president, industrial packaging.Sutton holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engi-

neering from Louisiana State University.

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Stewart Logging LLC sent out its first shipload of Southernyellow pine to China in May and now is temporarily not takingwood until a new contract is made overseas, according to offi-cials with the company.The Mairouli, a 623-foot ship, was filled with 67,000 tons of

rough pine logs sent out of the Port of Baton Rouge. Stewartacts as stevedore at the facility in West Baton Rouge Parish andInternational Wood Group buys and sells the timber destinedfor overseas. The Baton Rouge Advocate quoted an LSU forest economist

as valuing the shipment at $2.5 million. Stewart told theAdvocate that he expects demand to be about eight vessel loads ayear for the next three years.International Wood Group acts as purchasers of the timber to

be shipped overseas.

Stewart Logging sends first ship-ment out of Port of Baton Rouge

Southern yellow pine logs fill the hull of the ship at the Port of Baton Rougein May. The company bought wood from Louisiana and Mississippi.

Rough pine logs are loaded onto the vessel headed for China during the ini-tial operation of Stewart Logging located in West Baton Rouge Parish.

SmartLogging auditor John Auel does an on-site inspection ofDennis Aucoin’s logging job during the annual certification inspec-tion.

Forest landowners are watching the EPA proposal to regulateemissions from existing power plants to ensure that woody bio-mass will be considered for use in these facilities. Commentswith the announcement indicated that the feds would includebiomass as an alternate fuel source. Research at two universitiessupport the benefits of biomass as a “carbon neutral” powersource.

EPA and biomass for power

A Grayson man is accused of stealing timber in CaldwellParish. Charles Mason Adkins, 37, was arrested by LouisianaDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) enforcementagents.��Adkins was booked into the Caldwell Parish jail andcharged with one count of timber theft valued at more than$13,000.��Investigators say Adkins was legally logging for a Grayson

landowner between December 2013 and January 2014. Duringthis time, Adkins reportedly paid for 33 loads of timber. Thelandowner became suspicious when he received much lessmoney than was promised. Investigators found 11 additionalloads of timber at three different mills.It was discovered that most of the timber found at these

facilities had the landowner’s name on them. These loads werenever listed on the paperwork submitted to the landowner.Adkins was released after posting a $6,000 bond.

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Crimes and convictions

Weyerhaeuser has teamed up with the Southern LoggersCooperative, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry andCommunities and the Natural Capital Investment Fund tolaunch a program to improve access to cost-effective diesel fuel. Under terms of the new program, Weyerhaeuser has agreed

to provide a financial guarantee that will assist the SouthernLoggers Cooperative in expanding its network of logger-ownedand operated diesel fuel depots in areas where the company hasa significant operating presence. The guarantee is designed tomitigate the cost risk associated with establishing fuel depots. Itspecifies that should any of Weyerhaeuser’s mills in an identifiedregion close within seven years, the SLC would recoup all orpart of its establishment costs. After the agreement is signed, thelevel of commitment will decline until the agreement sunsets. “Our primary business is growing trees and providing raw

materials to our converting mills and others in the forest prod-ucts industry,” said Adrian Blocker, Weyerhaeuser’s senior vicepresident, lumber. “But we’re totally dependent upon the net-work of mostly family-owned small businesses to get raw mate-rials from forests to the mill. The SLC’s 10-year history of devel-oping and servicing diesel fuel depots and passing significantfinancial savings on to its members is one of the most excitingand beneficial developments we’ve seen. “We are a true membership cooperative working to assist our

members in dealing with purchases of needed products andservices,” said Todd Martin, executive director for the SLC.“The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities and

Weyerhaeuser teams with SLC the Natural Capital Investment Fund began supporting theSLC program in 2013, when they underwrote loans to sup-port the organization’s first fuel depot venture in SouthCarolina.““Diesel fuel is the life blood for timber producers. It is one of

the largest and most volatile expenses for our members, oftencausing them to go into the red over this one cost alone. Underour coop model, loggers pay a one-time membership fee of$100 and then can purchase fuel from the depots at a discountof 10 cents or more per gallon.”

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