BMP manual revision completed; out in 2023
More than a century ago, forestry was a lot different. Many of the old-growth forests were overharvested, leaving open fields with few...
LDWLF webpage has species list by parish
With revisions to its Standards, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) wants landowners and forest managers to be aware of what...
Could no income tax improve La. economy?
BATON ROUGE — With no personal income tax and booming economies, Texas, Florida and Tennessee are again drawing attention from Louisiana...
Fishing spiders are our friends
Fishing spiders, Dolomedes tenebrosus, are venomous, carnivorous and enormous. However, these spiders are not our enemy, and they do not...
LDAF seeking Century Farm Program applicants
Has your farm or forestland been in your family continuously for at least 100 years? Does it have at least 20 acres of the original...
BA — What in the world is basal area?
Landowners go to forestry meetings and they keep hearing a term used ... “basal area” and they wonder, “What in the world is Basal Area?”...