Southcentral
FRA’s Southcentral Region serves FRA members throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, the Florida Panhandle, and Western Tennessee. It focuses on improving timber harvesting and transportation safety, efficiency, and environmental performance. Trucking safety and logging and trucking labor challenges are current issues of concern. The Southcentral Region has a spring and fall meeting each year.
Featured Resource
Employee Crushes Finger in Feller-Buncher Door
Background On an overcast winter day in the Southcentral Region, a...
Leadership
Clay Altizer
Southwide Region Manager
34 Duffy Street
Clayton, NC 27527
Ph: (662) 312-7934
Upcoming Meetings:
States in this Region
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida Panhandle
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Western Tennessee
Resources
24-TR-10 Mobile Fuel and Service Trailer Provides Safe and Efficient Strategy to In Woods Fueling
24-TR- 09 New ForestryWorks® Truck Driver Recruitment Program Keeps Professional Drivers Home at Night
23-R-37 Compact Hose Assembly Device (CHAD) Revolutionizes Hydraulic Hose Assembly with On-Site Repair Capability
23-R-30 Forestry Stream Crossings Assessed for Effectiveness in Preventing Soil Erosion in North Carolina
23-R-21 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Monitoring Forestry Best Management Practices in the Coastal Plain of the Southeastern U.S.
23-R-12 The Be Pro Be Proud Mobile Workshop
24-SA-03 Instructor Injured During Chainsaw Safety Training Workshop
23-S-12 Log Truck Driver Struck by Falling Stem During Unbinding Process
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23-S-10 Slip During Debris Removal Injures Feller Buncher Operator
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23-S-08 Discharged Board Fractures Lumber Grader’s Eye Socket
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23-S-07 Truck Driver Injured by Improperly Secured Load
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23-S-06 Motor Grader Operator Injured While Replacing Cutting Blades
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Oklahoma
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Oklahoma
Southcentral
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in the Southcentral
Mississippi
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Mississippi Mississippi has 19.4 million…
Louisiana
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Louisiana Louisiana has 15.0 million…
Kansas
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Kansas Kansas has 2.5 million…
Tennessee
Quick Facts on Forest Carbon in Tennessee
Southern Loggers Cooperative, 2004-2019
Forest Industry 2021: Supply and Demand in the South
Extreme Weather Impacts on Forest Operations in Texas
Differences in PNW and US South Timber Procurement
Safety and Efficiency of State-Legal Log Trucks on Interstate Highways in Eight Wood Baskets in the US South
2020 FBM Keynote Speaker Session
Wisconsin Forestry Careers Coalition “Moving Forestry Forward”
In July 2021, the Wisconsin Forestry Center (WFC) at the University…
FRA Quarterly Resources- Safety Alerts and Spotlights on Safety
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The Forest Industry Needs More Young Talent
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