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Jarreau wins La. top honors . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4
Training classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11
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By Buzz JenkinsLooking back on the annual conven-
tion held in late August, I am veryhappy to report that there were moreloggers and their wives at this meetingthan ever. I think the Shreveport loca-tion seemed to draw many of our log-gers to participate.I want to congratulate Buck and the
staff for a very successful meeting. Theseminars were organized and informa-tive. There was a full array of exhibitorsfrom equipment to tree planting andsafety. It really was a nice location at theSam’s Town Hotel and there was arecord crowd of 653 people.Shawn Baker of Georgia’s Warnell
School of Forestry has been researchinglogging and he was not only the speak-er at our afternoon logger event but healso spoke to the whole group thatmorning.Congratulations to Eddie Jarreau,
our 2014 Logger of the Year. I know hewill represent us well during the com-ing year.I was also happy to be a part of the
Logger’s Nightevent to present thefirst Lifetime Ach-ievement Award toTravis Taylor. Travis has done
much for us in log-ging and forestryand it was a verymeaningful presentation that evening.If we don’t recognize the best in ourbusiness, who will?Travis is a good example for all of us.
He was just as busy as any of us are andyet he was always working and pushingfor better things in logging and forestry.If you have never attended one of
these meetings, I’d like to recommendthat you plan to do so next year. You’lllearn something and you might con-duct some business and you can havesome fun with the people you usuallyjust work with during the eveningevents.
(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
Gracee Malone, StaffAssistant
Chapter ChairmenChapter 1 - Lawrence Hill
Spearsville • [email protected] TerrellFarmerville • [email protected]
Chapter 2 - John Keith and SkeetHodgkins
Haughton • [email protected]
Chapter 3 - Jack McFarlandWinnfield • 318-727-9696
Chapter 4 - Tommy FrazierBoyce • [email protected]
Chapter 5 - Angie Bonner/LisaMcCain • Evans • [email protected]
For information about articlesor advertising, please call JanetTompkins at 318-443-2558.
For information on classes ortraining records, consult thewebsite: www.laforestry.comor call Gracee Malone at318-443-2558.
Chapter 6 - Malcolm SibleyWalker • [email protected]
Chapter 7 - Ralph Roe Jr.Robeline• [email protected]
Jenkins
Loggers turn out for forestry convention;good mix of information and entertainment
The Arkansas State Plant Board votedin September to institute a 120-dayquarantine that restricts the movementof ash and hardwood firewood outside a25-county area.Quarantined items include firewood
of all hardwood species, and the follow-ing ash items: nursery stock; green lum-ber with bark attached; other materialliving, dead, cut or fallen including logs,pulpwood, stumps, roots, branches,mulch and composted/un-compostedchips (one inch or greater). Firewood isthe only quarantined item that relatesto all hardwood; all other quarantineditems are relative to ash only.Counties affected include: Ashley,
Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland,Columbia, Dallas, Drew, Garland,Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring,Howard, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln,Little River, Miller, Montgomery,Nevada, Ouachita, Pike, Saline, Sevierand Union.Mills delivering ash outside the quar-
antine area or receiving as from the quar-antined counties should complete acompliance agreement that addressestreatments/mitigations and must benegotiated with the Arkansas State PlantBoard. Additional information is avail-able via [email protected] and/or 501-225-1598.“This quarantine is our best defense
against the Emerald Ash Borer, a pestthat has destroyed millions of ash treesacross the United States. By slowing themovement of EAB, we hope to directlyaffect Arkansas ash trees as effectively aspossible,” says Scott Bray, director ofplant industry, Arkansas State PlantBoard.Quarantined counties listed include
six counties with confirmed EAB infesta-tion sites (Clark, Columbia, Dallas, HotSpring, Nevada, and Ouachita), whileothers included are considered "buffer"counties. Quarantined items can move freely
within the quarantined area. The restric-tions only apply to the movement ofitems listed within the quarantinedcounties to areas outside of them.
Arkansas quarantinefor ash products
Avoyelles Timber
Eddie JarreauLa. Outstanding Logger
By Janet TompkinsEddie Jarreau, owner and founder of
Avoyelles Timber for the last 29 years, isthe 2014 Louisiana Outstanding Logger.With three crews on the job, he said hedoesn’t want to get any larger but he likesthe work.“I can’t stay in an office––I couldn’t be
confined in an office all day long,” hesaid. He has two crews working forRoyOMartin and one crew with BoiseCascade. “I’ve got the best crewsaround…that’s what makes me theLogger of the Year.”Jarreau is a Louisiana Master Logger
who works in central Louisiana with hisAvoyelles Timber crews harvesting forboth RoyOMartin (ROM) and BoiseCascade.He started out in the seismograph
business but when there was a downturnin the oil business in the Eighties heturned to logging. “Eddie and his crewstake great pride in Avoyelles Timber,”said Scott Bertrand, ROM logging serv-ice coordinator who nominated him.He also gives a lot of autonomy to his
formemen and drew which gives them alot of ownership in the business.The judging team included Dr. Mark
Gibson and Dr. Clyde Vidrine ofLouisiana Tech University School ofForestry, Holly Morgan with the U.S.Forest Service and Bob Wall, the 2013Outstanding Logger.
In a site visit to his logging job, Dr.Gibson said they were impressed withthe operation. “Mr. Jarreau emphasizedsafety, job quality and production in thatorder,” he said. “Consequently his opera-tion was very clean with well-maintainedequipment. His woods crew was all long-time employees, which speaks well ofhow he treats them.” The judges werealso impressed with his trucking system.“Safety is number one for all of us,”
said Rusty Brouillette, one of his crewforemen. “Safety comes first.”Holly Morgan, who heads timber
sales for Kisatchie National Forests, said
Jarreau could clearly explain andembrace the company’s philosophyabout soil and water protection andwildlife corridors.Jarreau has 26 employees, 11 trucks
and a full time mechanic who works athis shop/office. His equipment includessix skidders, two bulldozers, four cuttingmachines, a feller buncher, a track fellerbuncher, three loaders and a shovelloader. He also has two prehaulers, twomotor graders and several service trucks.For years, Jarreau worked the loader
himself but it wasn’t until he “got off themachine” that he was able to advancehis business. With his 11 trucks and the varied
equipment, maintenance is a priority foreveryone on the job. Jerry Mose is themechanic for the job. Bertrand said thequality equipment upkeep helps preventdisruptions in the delivery flow and thatmakes consistent weekly load assign-ments.Forester Brady Riche praised Jarreau’s
way of doing business. “His flexibility todo what is needed by the landowner hasearned him a reputation with otherlandowners,” he said. Jarreau said he hasa lot of repeat business and landownerswho specifically request him for theirjob. “When landowners talk to mills like
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COVER PHOTO: Eddie Jarreau ofHessmer was named 2014 LouisianaOutstanding Logger by the LouisianaLogging Council and the Louisiana ForestryAssociation. (Photo by Janet Tompkins)
By Janet Tompkins
Eddie Jarreau, left, is presented the Louisiana Outstanding Logger plaque by BobWall, 2013 award winner. Jarreau of Hessmer has been logging for about 30 years.(Photo by Janet Tompkins)
Avoyelles logger caps career with statewide award
“Safety is first, job qualityis second and production isthird.”
–––Eddie Jarreau
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that, it means a lot,” said Jarreau.Margaret Jarreau said the success of
Avoyelles Timber has a lot to do with herhusband’s perseverance. “I believe instaying the course––never giving up,” hesaid.When Jarreau first started out he was
doing hardwood logging in southLouisiana. He also worked for HuntForest Products for 19 years beforereturning to RoyOMartin. He recentlyadded the crew for Boise Cascade.He and his wife, Margaret have a son
and a daughter and two grandchildren.Their daughter Valerie does the book-keeping for the job, taking over thatresponsibility from her mother at thebeginning of this year. She uses QuickBooks for the company. Their son, Jason, has worked in the
business but now has returned to collegefor his accounting degree. He also hasanother accounting job that has limitedhis work in the logging business.Valerie’s two children Kayton (com-
monly called Brother) and Macie are reg-ular visitors at the house and the shop.Jarreau, 63, also has a 165-acre cattle
farm and he owns and operates a mobilehome park.During the annual meeting in
Shreveport in August, the LouisianaLogging Council presented Jarreau witha plaque, jacket and a trip to theAmerican Loggers Council meeting inMichigan. U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister,who was in attendance at the Shreveportmeeting, also presented a specialCongressional citation.“Logging is a good clean livelihood,”
said Jarreau. “Work is work and there arevery few jobs that are fun but I like thework.”
Shown on this Avoyelles Timber crew are, from left, Greg Laborde, Gary Ducote, Rodney Mills(foreman), and Charles Mayeux.
Avoyelles Timber crew with ROM foresters are, from left, are Brady Riche (ROM), Eddie Jarreau,Lee Bordelon, Kyle Deason, Johnny Rhodes, Rusty Brouillette (foreman), Roger King, Trey Gullettand Richard Whatley.
Eddie Jarreau(center) is flanked by his grandchildren Kayton and Macie along with (back row) his wifeMargaret, son Jason and daughter Valerie.
Eddie Jarreau
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By C.A. “Buck” Vandersteen
Loggers, landowners, foresters, industry reps, equipment andtire dealers joined 650 participants at the Louisiana ForestryAssociation’s 67th Annual Convention in Shreveport. Speakersdiscussed new industry moving into the area and the significanceof forest landowners growing more trees to attract that industry.More importantly was the discussion of logging, fiber supply,and the necessity to have a safe, productive, and dependable log-ging force.A lot of good loggers left the
business when the economystumbled. Some estimates areas high as 30% attrition in thelogging ranks. There areenough loggers now to sustaincurrent mill production if weather and wood orders remainunchanged. But we all know that will not happen. Four (4) new wood-using plants are in some phase of con-
struction with a fifth being discussed in the southern part of thestate. All will use wood and now the question arises whetherthere are enough loggers to meet the need? One of the industry speakers was asked if he saw a return to
the company logging crews. His almost immediate response wasthe independent logging contractor remains the most economi-cal method of sourcing fiber for their needs. This statement hasbeen echoed by several company executives in recent monthsand should confirm the important role the independent loggerplays in the success of the forest industry.Numerous loggers have expressed the need for trained work-
ers to meet the logging demand. The Winnfield TechnicalCollege Timber Harvesting Equipment Operator training pro-gram is trying to produce future loggers. Area loggers have vol-unteered their time to speak to the classes, provide hands-onexperience with equipment and employ the young people whenthey graduate from the class. This is a step in the right direction and their efforts should be
applauded. The current class has five students and if you need aworker in the next several months you may want to visit theclass and see what is available. An increase in equipment purchases has also been seen to
expand the current business and spread the business over agreater area. This poses some management risks but can be verysuccessful in increasing productivity and profitability.Remember, when buying equipment a logging business isexempt from paying the 4% state sales tax. A logger must fill outa Department of Revenue Exemption from Sales Tax Form1070 and give that to the seller. On a $200,000 piece of equip-ment you save $8,000. No big convention is complete without some highlight to
remember the event. That event came in the form of the firstever Lifetime Achievement Award from the Louisiana Logging
Council to logger Travis Taylor. Travis wasrecognized for his leadership and innova-tion in logging. Travis is like the E.F.Hutton of logging, when he speaks youbetter be listening. He even entertained thelarge crowd at the Logger Fun NightBanquet with a joke and his standard attireof a CAT hat. Congratulations to his wife
Sharon and thefamily for battling all the challengesthey have had to overcome. Loggingis a family business and there is nobetter example of a successful familylogging business than Travis TaylorLogging.Forestry in the form of growing,
harvesting, and manufacturing trees into useful products looksto be at the beginning of big growth and development inLouisiana and elsewhere in the nation. The South, where pri-vate property, a good workforce, economic incentives, and afavorable regulatory environment support the forest industry iswhere a lot of this growth will happen. Great opportunities areavailable for good savvy loggers in this exciting time.
(Buck Vandersteen is the executive director of the LouisianaForestry Association and the Louisiana Logging Council.)
It’s a good time coming to be a logger
Vandersteen
“Travis is like the E.F. Hutton oflogging, when he speaks you better
be listening.”
New CDL requirementsStarting May 21, all drivers holding a CDL license must
receive their physical exam from a certified medical examiner.The driver is required to obtain a copy of the physician’s certifi-cation, which will be placed in that driver’s folder. In the eventthat the driver fails to do this, they will not be allowed to drive.The medical examiners that wish to be certified must completetraining and take a test mandated by the Federal Motor CarrierSafety Administration. All qualified medical examiners will belisted on the National Registry: https://nationalregistry.fmcsa.dot.gov/NRPublicUI/home.seamIn other news:• There are new laws that ban cell phones in school zones.
Failure to comply will result in a $175 fine for the first offense,and following violations will be fined up to $500. • The Louisiana litter law now includes cigarettes and ciga-
rette butts. First time offenders will be fined $300 with eighthours of community service, second offense is $700 fine and 16hours of community service, and penalties increase from there. • Fatal crash penalties are increased for fatigued drivers. If a
driver cases a fatal crash due to falling asleep at the wheel, willhave harsher penalties put on them under the Louisiana CarelessOperation, charges could also be filed for Negligent Homicide.
By Melanie Torbett“You can’t manage what you don’t measure.”That was the advice offered by Shawn Baker, who spoke
about how to increase logging job profits during a LoggingCouncil seminar at the LFA’s recent annual meeting inShreveport. A research coordinator with the Center for ForestBusiness at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School ofForestry and Natural Resources, Baker said loggers need tounderstand and control costs to be successful.Though he acknowledged there is no central source of data to
track changes in costs or allow contractors to benchmark theiroperation against others, Baker offeredresearch results gathered by his UGA-basedcenter, primarily from Georgia loggers, butalso from across the Southern region. Thisincludes an annual Southern logging costindex that tracks cut-and-load costs per ton,data that is now published quarterly in theTimber Mart-South market newsletter. Thefindings for 2013 show a cost of about $13 per ton, not includ-ing hauling costs.“The major costs associated with logging continue to
increase, “ he said. Included in these cost categories are labor,equipment depreciation, repair and maintenance, fuel, interestexpense, administrative, and insurance expenses (which vary bystate). Baker pointed out that while new harvesting equipmenthas been greatly improved with new technology in recent years,such innovation has driven costs higher.There are both fixed and variable costs in the logging busi-
ness, he said, and it’s the latter category that needs to be focusedupon by loggers. The development of cost management strate-gies is a crucial part of a contractor’s business plan.“It is important to understand the areas of your operation you
can manage to reduce costs,” Baker told the group. “Focus onwhat you can control,” including weekly production, fuel con-sumption, truck utilization and truck payloads.Maintaining a constant production rate will help minimize
periods of poor cash flow, Baker explained, so it’s critical to findways to identify and address causes of low production. He notedthat larger contractors have been successful in improving theirproduction rates per employee in recent years.Loggers also need to try to estimate the cost of harvesting a
tract before it is cut, he said. With reasonable data on fixed andvariable costs, one can estimate the cost per ton for each harvest.“How many days and what type of daily production do youexpect?” said Baker. “Comparing your before and after estimatesdevelops your ability to predict.”Fuel consumption and trucking efficiency are also important
profitability challenges. Few logging contractors make fuelrecord keeping a priority – even when machinery is equippedwith fuel meters, said Baker. Tracking fuel usage, which he saidcan run around 20 percent of cut-and-load cost — more intrucking — can help identify problem areas that can hurt prof-it margins.
“Idling time and empty miles add upquickly,” said Baker. Contractors needto know their haul costs, which he saidcan be as great as the costs of cutting-and-loading, depending on the haul dis-tance. For instance, using in-woods scales to
make sure trucks are fully loaded beforegoing to the mill has proven to be finan-cially beneficial by reducing the numberof trips to the mill thereby saving diesel.
Baker reviewed data from a two-year-old study of Georgia loggers thatshowed a dramatic increase in the age oflogging equipment currently in use,including skidders, feller bunchers,loaders and trucks. Depreciation andrepair costs amount to 19 percent and14 percent of cut-and-load costs, respec-
tively.With improving market conditions, however, larger contrac-
tors have begun to invest in new machinery and hire additionalemployees, he said. Baker also cited labor statistics that showlabor costs to be about 35 percent of the total operational costsfor contractors; average weekly wages for Southern loggers haverisen from about $500 to about $700 over the past 12 years.
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Agreement for pine snake will stop endangered listingand Natchitoches parishes.The Louisiana Pine snake has many
obstacles to overcome in any effort torebound in numbers. With a clutch sizeof only 3 to 5 eggs it is the smallest ofany North American constrictor. Surprisingly, both the eggs and hatch-
lings are the largest of any NorthAmerican snake. Size however does notalleviate its low fecundity rate and anyfactors that impact local population size can often cause localextermination.Some of the most significant factors that impact popula-
tions are the loss of suitable habitat. Sandy well-drained soils,open pine forests with a moderate to sparse midstory and awell-developed herbaceous understory dominated by grasses isthe recipe for ideal pine snake habitat. Unfortunately, manytimber management activities within the snakes range involvefast growing pine plantations with a sparse understory and theabsence of fire. The same habitat needs essential to theLouisiana Pine Snake is also required by the Baird’s pocketgopher, an essential component of pine snake habitat. These pocket gophers create burrow systems in which pine
snakes spend upwards of 90 percent of their time. Pine snakesuse the burrows both for traveling and escape purposes as wellas hibernation and as feeding areas while searching for thepocket gophers themselves as their main food source. A one-year time frame has been granted for the submission
of an acceptable Group CCAA to the USFWS in order toavoid the initiation of the listing process. The main obstacleto overcome in order to produce a successful document will beto somehow reproduce the management strategies that gave usthe vast amounts of native longleaf and shortleaf pine ecosys-tems. In the reality of today’s timber management activitiesthis will need to be addressed in some degree on our loblollypine stands. (Dr. Don Reed is a forestry and wildlife specialist with the
LSU AgCenter. Email him at [email protected].)
By Don ReedThe Louisiana Pine Snake is considered one of the rarest snakes
in Louisiana and for years has been considered as a candidate forthe Endangered Species List. While currently listed as a “speciesof concern” in our state, there were strong indications that a fed-eral listing was inevitable and along with it many uncertainties asto landowner responsibilities regarding the snake’s habitat needs. In an attempt to alleviate some of this uncertainty, several tim-
ber companies owning timberlands within the snakes knownrange were considering entering into a U.S. Fish and WildlifeService (USFWAS) program known as CCAA or CandidateConservation Agreement with Assurances. The program is intended to facilitate the conservation of pro-
posed and candidate species on any non-federal lands by provid-ing landowners with incentives to implement conservation meas-ures for declining or at risk species. The incentive for landownersis that no further land use restriction beyond those agreed to inthe CCAA will be imposed if the species later becomes listedunder the Endangered Species Act. The hope is that if a strong case is put forth to show that
landowners are working toward providing for the habitat needs ofthe Pine Snake, listing will not be necessary. In several meetingsbetween landowners and personnel from the USFWS that werefacilitated by the Louisiana Forestry Association, a proposal wasdeveloped that will hopefully provide this stronger case. The proposal, which was granted by the USFWS, is a Group
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances in whichseveral large landowners, with tracts of suitable pine snake habitat,will join together to implement a management strategy for pro-tecting and providing the habitat needs of the species.The inclusion of larger tracts involving several landowners has
a greater chance of success and ultimately avoiding a listing thansmaller disconnected tracts scattered over the snake’s range.Lands in Bienville Parish, where the Louisiana Pine snake is
most likely to occur, will receive the majority of attention in anyGroup CCAA, but the species is also found in Vernon, Sabine
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.
Despino Tires hosted the Chapter 4 meeting with a steak cookout at theLFA office in Alexandria. Shown above are Eddie Jarreau, RonnieDespino, Margaret Jarreau, and Glenn Davis.
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*Offer expires December 31, 2014.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Avoiding Fines and Keeping Records Updated, 8 a.m. - 3p.m., $40** 6 hrs. CLE credit. $100 to pay at the door.____ Dec. 2: DeRidder, War Memorial Civic Center, 250
West 7th St.____ Jan. 15, 2015: Winnfield, Winnfield Technical School,
5960 U.S. Hwy 167.
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:
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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 [email protected].
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.
Oct. 6-9: Rapides Forest Awareness Week, E. Kincaid BoatDock off Hwy. 28 West. Call Janet Tompkins at (318) 443-2558to volunteer. 6 hrs. CLE.
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MASTER LOGGER CLASSMay 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*
Wednesday, 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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Make a copy of this schedule for your records!If paying by credit card, fax registration to 318-443-1713 or scan
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HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR FORESTRY LICENSEPLATE? Lowell and Debra Hubbard have. Call or go by theLouisiana Motor Vehicle Office and get your “Protect OurForests” specialty plate. Funds from this plate go to the stateforest fire fighting fund.
German Pellets in Urania will begin buying wood inOctober, according to Jim Ward who works with theirWoodville, Texas facility. The company has also hired MikeKile as their procurement forester.Kile, a forestry graduate from Louisiana Tech, has been a
forester for International Paper at Domino, Texas for the lastfour years. His resume also includes Norbord in Jefferson,Texas and Smurfit-Stone in Hodge.“Everybody is excited about business coming back to the
area,” said Ward about the Urania community. He anticipatedthat they would be buying wood the first week of October. Hesaid late September rains had slowed the start somewhat. The company will be in the market for Southern yellow
pine and they will be accepting gatewood. He expects the firstline to begin running in November to make the pellets. “Thefirst line will be capable of equalling (the output) of theWoodville facility,” Ward said. German Pellets would then ramp up 100 percent to add a
second line at the plant. All of the finished pellets from bothLouisiana and Texas will ship out from Port Arthur, Texas. At presstime in mid-September, the company was in the
process of hiring workes for the pellet-making process.For more information, call German Pellets at (318) 302-
4450.
German Pellets starts buyingwood; first line to run in Nov.
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By Brian NelsonThe success of any organization or business is directly related
to the quality of its leadership. No matter how good of a prod-uct you produce, service you provide, or vision you have, youstill need the leadership of quality individuals to pull it alltogether.Looking back at the leadership that the American Loggers
Council (ALC) has enjoyed over the years and the strides thathave been made, I can’t help but feel proud to have been a partof the vision that our founders had for the ALC. That vision isbeing a “National Voice for Professional Loggers” in this coun-try. The ALC has accomplished many things over the past 20years through the hard work and dedication of some of thefinest loggers (and individuals) this country has to offer.I’ve always believed it was far more productive to build upon
successes as opposed to trying to“reinvent the wheel and that hasbeen a constant through the years with the ALC leadership-building upon what those before them had started. Few things,especially in the legislative arena, can be resolved in the shortspan of one’s term as ALC President making it all the moreimportant to build upon those successes.It’s hard to believe that my term as ALC President is nearly
over but as that time nears I look back at what all we accom-plished, and question if we could have done more for ournation’s loggers. We all strive to do more, unfortunately that isnot always possible for one reason or another.We have had a very productive year nonetheless, primarily on
the legislative front. After 17 years we were finally successful ingetting our truck weight language of “state legal tolerances oninterstate highways” introduced into legislation. While it maynot go anywhere this legislative session, we do have a bill nowand will continue to work on this issue. Also we were able to geta bill drafted and introduced in both the U.S. House and theSenate to allow children of logging company owners to begincareers in the industry at the age of 16. Neither of these issuesare “done deals” and both are going to take a concerted effort byall in the industry to get signed into law, but I’m confident wecan get it done. These are just a couple of the many issues thatthe ALC has been working on this past year.The ALC is very fortunate to have had the leadership of the
past years and I feel lucky to have been able to work with manyof them. I am proud to have been a small part in what ALC hasbeen able to accomplish over the years, and am completely con-fident in the future leadership to continue this trend.As I am writing this month’s article, plans are well underway
for this year’s ALC annual meeting to be held at the IslandResort and Casino in Harris, Mich. This will be a special home-coming for our 20th anniversary. This will be the first time hold-ing an annual meeting at this location since the very first ALCannual meeting in 1994. My wife, Maureen and I are excited toshowcase the beauty of the Great Lakes and the fall colors of theUpper Peninsula and look forward to seeing everyone in ourneck of the woods.
It has been an honor and a privilegeto represent Michigan and all the pro-fessional loggers of this country as theALC president.Thanks to all for the support and
encouragement this past year, it wasand truly is appreciated.
(Brian Nelson is the current Presidentof the American Loggers Council and heand his brother David and father Marvinown and operate Marvin Nelson ForestProducts, 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
All Master Logger cards will be mailed in December.Those who have taken other classes for ContinuingEducation credit that were not offered by the LFA need tosend a certificate or some proof of attendance with anagenda by Nov. 30 to get your card for 2015.
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The Louisiana Logging Council (LLC) presented its firstLifetime Achievement Award to Travis Taylor of Travis TaylorLogging and Chipping in Goldonna. The award was presentedAug. 27 at the annual convention of the Louisiana ForestryAssociation (LFA) in Shreveport.“Travis Taylor has been a part of every milestone in logging
in the last 20 years,” said C.A. “Buck” Vandersteen, executivedirector of both the LLC and LFA. The award was presented byBuzz Jenkins, LLC president, and David Cupp, LFA president.“Travis Taylor was always one to help the young logger,”
said Jenkins. “I admire that about him.” Taylor has been in the business for about 48 years starting
out after receiving a forestry degree from Louisiana TechUniversity. He was one of the first to try out the cut-to-lengthsystem in the state and was named Louisiana OutstandingLogger in 1997. He was instrumental in the core group thatformed the Louisiana Logging Council and has been active eversince, serving as president of the national American LoggersCouncil last year.He also was part of the council who approved a template for
standards of a “certified logger” and when the SmartLoggingprogram started he was one of the first group certified to thestandards.Taylor was one of the founders of the investment group in
Vanguard Fuels to make an alternate fuel source from biomass.He and several other loggers also founded the Southern Loggers
Cooperative to help loggers save money.The Timber Harvester Equipment Operator class now being
offered at the Winnfield Technical School is also a project thathe has been involved in from the beginning. Eleven studentsfinished last year and were hired immediately after the 16 weekclass.Taylor and his wife Sharon have two adult daughters.
Travis Taylor receives first Lifetime Achievement award
Travis Taylor (center) was presented the Lifettime AchievementAward by the Louisiana Logging Council. Shown with him are BuzzJenkins, LLC president, and David Cupp, LFA. president.
By Niels de HoopAccording to the accident data submitted by Louisiana log-
gers in the OSHA Strategic Partnership program, 70% of theaccidents in 2013 occurred to truck drivers. The raw number oftrucker accidents has stayed roughly the same since we startedtracking Strategic Partnership accidents, but because there arefewer accidents with machine operators, trucker accidents nowdeserve more attention.Traditionally, most truck driver accidents occur while outside
the truck – dismounting, trimming loads, binding loads,unbinding, and simply walking around the truck.The last few years have also seen a significant number of high-
way accidents. These usually involve log trucks, but, over theyears, some serious accidents have also involved crew trucks andservice trucks.Defensive driving should be an important part of any logging
safety program. Some insurancecompanies provide discounts fordefensive driving training, so checkwith your agent whether they do,and, if so, whether they have specif-ic requirements. Defensive drivingcourses vary widely in length and content. State-specific require-ments also vary widely – so it’s important to remember if yourbusiness crosses state lines.An on-line search of the term Defensive Driving will yield a
dizzying array of schools offering defensive driving courses,including a free one offered by the State of Louisiana, Office ofRisk Management (http://doa.louisiana.gov/orm/Online_Courses/Defensive_Driving_313/player.html). It is intended forstate employees, but anyone can take it. It takes about an hourto complete online. This one addresses general driving, nottruck driving.While official documentation is a bonus, defensive driving
topics can also be taken in pieces and used in regular safety
meetings. Search the web using terms like SafeDriving Tips. Using the term DefensiveDriving will only clutter the search results withschools trying to help you evade a speedingticket.The Forest Resources Association has good
information on logging, log truck and logyardsafety (http://loggingsafety.com/). They havebeen a credible source for decades. Their Technical Releases onSafety web page contains a list of one-page articles that can bedownloaded and printed for free. These make excellent tailgatesafety meeting support.Speed is a factor in many of the accidents. Because time is
money in the logging business, there is a temptation to pushspeed to the limits of the law.Many of our rural highways are little more than paved buggy
trails – not designed forsafe operation at highwayspeeds. Curves and hillshide thousands of drivewayoutlets. Some of the mostdeadly accidents happened
within legal speed limits. Safe drivers know when to slow down.Fatigue is an important factor in highway accidents. Loggers
travel long distances to work, work long hours, and travel longdistances back. Inadequate sleep is common. I can think of sev-eral fatal and serious accidents that happened early in the morn-ing. Fatigue combined with haste to get to work can be a deadlycombination. This applies to the general public, as well.Non-highway accidents are still an important concern for
truck drivers. The typical injury from a slip while dismountingcauses roughly a week’s lost time. Truck drivers should be trainedin the proper 3-point mounting and dismounting technique.Just as with equipment operators, there are many hazards
associated with repair and maintenance. Hard hat, gloves andeye protection should be used as appropriate. Training shouldinclude safe techniques in binding, trimming, unbinding andmaintenance.Mill yards are crowded places with traffic moving in all direc-
tions. Directions and safety rules should be followed always.One of the attractive features of driving vehicles for logging
operations is that the scenery changes constantly. This change ofscenery creates its own set of hazards because conditions changeconstantly. Drivers need to be aware of both road conditions andtheir own physical conditions on both the woods roads and onthe public roads.
(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: [email protected]; 225-578-4242.)
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Highway accidents a major concern for loggers
Niels deHoop
“The last few years we have also seen a significantnumber of highway accidents.”
Safe driving requires a combination of good equipment, training, knowl-edge and commitment. Log trucker accidents and log truck highway acci-dents in Louisiana have made little improvement over the past 15 years.
Drax Biomass, the U.K. pellet produc-er, is close to start-up for both its Gloster,Miss. and Bastrop plants.They will start commisioning the
Mississippi plant soon to meet theirexpectation of a first quarter 2015 com-mercial shipment. Rusty Booker, vicepresident of fiber procurement, said theyhave contracts for wood purchases inOctober to begin testing the process inMississippi.The Bastrop facility is expected to be
ready for commercial production in thesecond quarter of 2015.Drax has already purchased pellets
from other producers and had themdelivered to their storage tank at the Portof Baton Rouge “We are just building upinventory for our first shipment,” saidBooker.One of the two storage domes adjacent
to the Mississippi River bridge in BatonRouge is complete.Drax is a leading power company in
the United Kingdom. The parent compa-ny to Drax Biomass is advancing plans totransform its power generating plant inthe United Kingdom from coal to bio-mass.The plant in Morehouse Parish is
located 10 miles north of Bastrop in theBeekman community. Drax is expected to draw within a 50
mile radius of the Bastrop facility for itswood supply, a welcome market in a loca-tion that saw the closure of theInternational Paper plant four years ago.Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
has already signed a long-term fiber sup-ply agreement with Drax, to supply up to770,000 tons annually of sustainablymanaged wood fiber to the two plantsover a 10-year period. Each of the biomass facilities are pro-
jected to produce 450,000 tons of pelletsper year, according to the company web-site.
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Drax Biomass will commission Gloster, Miss. plant The Louisiana LoggingCouncil sponsored the shotguncard raffle at the annual conven-tion. Two decks of cards are soldfor $20 per card and the holderof the winning card gets a cer-tificate for a $1400 shotgun.The winner was Mark Morganof Shreveport.
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A Pleasant Hill man died Sept. 17 when he failed to stop at ahighway intersection in heavy fog and was struck by a log truck.The victim was identified as Richard D. Remedies, 48. He
was pronounced dead at the scene.The crash happened around 6:36 a.m. at the intersection of
U.S. Highway 171 and state Highway 175. Remedies, the driv-er of a 1996 Dodge truck, was driving west on Highway 175and failed to stop as he reached Highway 171..He was struck by a loaded log truck headed north on
Highway 171. Remedies was ejected from the wreckage. The log truck driv-
er was not injured.
Fatality in log truck accident inMany area in September
Taking time at the annual convention to talk about the WinnfieldTimber Equipment Operator class are from left, George Ramsey,Holly Morgan, Jack McFarland, Mickey Hawkins, Buzz Jenkinsand Kenneth Morgan.
Rep. Steve Southerland introduced the Right to Haul Act inJuly that would extend state truck weight limits to the federalinterstate highway system. The bill would allow existing statelegal weights for ag and forestry products on interstates.Currently federal regulations allow a maximum gross weight
of 80,000 pounds. Interstates were designed to allow transportof military equipment oftentimes far exceeding the 80,000pound weights. Hauling on interstates would offer a safer andmore efficient route to processing facilities, supporters say.
Right to Haul Act introduced
The CCC-built log cabin is shown right after its move to the Southern ForestHeritage Museum. It will be restored to be a new display for the CCC.
The Southern Forest Heritage Museum in Long Leaf hasacquired another unique piece of history and is on the brink ofstarting renovations to open a Civilian Conservation Corpsmuseum. The La Leche Lodge, a log cabin, was built by theCivilian Conservation Corps and is the only building of itskind in the central Louisiana area. Previously this building was housed on Alexander State
Forest, near Indian Creek, as offices for the LouisianaDepartment of Agriculture and Forestry. The initial moving ofthe building took around $35,000, all of which was donated.Since the move, the Southern Forest Heritage Museum hasreceived an $80,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service. Thisgrant will be used to renovate and restore the building to nearits original condition. The anticipated opening of the museumis the end of the year 2015. “We will be the go-to place forinformation on the Civilian Conservation Corps in the South,”said Claudia Troll, museum director.“I want to collect as much Civilian Conservation Corps arti-
facts, as many as I possibly can,” said Troll. The museum isamassing a database of all members of the CivilianConservation Corps in the state and the camps.
Log cabin will be CCC museum
A joint investigation by the Louisiana Department ofAgriculture and Forestry (LDAF) and the LaSalle ParishSheriff ’s Office has resulted in the arrest of a Jena man on felonytimber theft charges.Thirty-nine year old James Marcus Ainsworth of 254
Joiner Road was arrested Thursday morning by forestry agentsand booked into the LaSalle Parish jail on one count of felonytimber theft of more than $10,400.Investigators say a complaint was filed by a Jena couple who
hired Ainsworth to log their property in August 2013. Thelandowners were paid $2,600 for nine loads of timber whichwas much less than they were promised. Investigators were able to recover records from three differ-
ent mills that showed 16 loads of timber had been cut off theproperty. These loads had the landowner’s name listed on theload tickets. In a separate incident, 60-year-old Dennis Price of 1638 E.
Westmoreland Road, Kentwood, La., was arrested September 7,2014 and booked into Tangipahoa Parish jail for the sale of for-est products and failure to remit payment to owner. Investigators say they were contacted by the victim after
Price performed a logging operation during the time period ofMarch 18-April 9, 2014. Investigators determined the victimwas not fully compensated in the amount of $4,999.82 for tim-ber harvested from the victim’s property.
Price’s bond was set at $75,000. Authorities say he has
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Crimes and convictions bonded out of jail.A former volunteer firefighter with the Beauregard Parish
Broadlands Fire Station, Brandon Lee Harris of Longville,pled guilty to three counts of Simple Arson.According to court documents, Harris was sentenced to five
years of hard labor for each count. The sentences will run con-currently and with credit for time served, four years could besuspended. Upon release, Harris will be placed on supervisedprobation for three years.“It is important that we see these arrests and court cases
through to the very end. This individual was supposed to pro-tect the public and instead acted irresponsibly and chose to dosomething crimina,” said Agriculture and ForestryCommissioner Mike Strain. The 36th Judicial District Court further orders Harris to reg-
ister in the Louisiana Arsonist Registry and pay $12,250 restitu-tion to the victim for damages resulting from the fires and payadditional court and prosecution costs.Harris was arrested in February 2014 following a month
long investigation by the Louisiana Department of Agricultureand Forestry and the Beauregard Parish District Attorney’sOffice.According to investigators, Harris admitted to setting wild-
fires in wooded areas south of DeRidder near Longville in 2012and 2013 while he was working as a volunteer firefighter. Harristold investigators he set the wildfires to receive payment as a vol-unteer for fighting the fires and for the excitement of fightingfires.
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