Southern foresters send SOS

Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter on Oct. 13 joined four other Southeastern House speakers in a coordinated push for federal action to stabilize the U.S. forestry market. In a letter shared with congressional delegations from five states, Ledbetter and the house speakers of Georgia, Arkansas, Florida and South Carolina urged “immediate and urgent relief ” to address challenges facing mills, loggers, landowners and exporters across the South face. In the letter, the state lawmakers ask federal leaders to press the European Union to allow mission-critical procedures so that Southern yellow pine chips can reach EU buyers; require a...

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