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Thomas D. Futral County Extension Coordinator Tallapoosa Co.

Getting Started. Thomas D. Futral County Extension Coordinator Tallapoosa Co. Forest Pathology. Scott A. Enebak , Ph.D. Professor & Director Forest Health Dynamics Laboratory Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative and. Lori G. Eckhardt , Ph.D.

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Thomas D. Futral County Extension Coordinator Tallapoosa Co.

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  1. Getting Started Thomas D. Futral County Extension Coordinator Tallapoosa Co.

  2. Forest Pathology • Scott A. Enebak, Ph.D. • Professor & Director • Forest Health Dynamics Laboratory • Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative • and Lori G. Eckhardt, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Director Forest Pathology & Entomology Forest Health Dynamics Laboratory Forest Health Cooperative Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences

  3. As far as private timberland acreage is concerned, Alabama ranks second behind Georgia.

  4. 77% of timberland acreage is owned by non-industrial private landowners.

  5. The forest industry is the state’s largest manufacturing industry, producing an estimated $15.39 billion worth of products in 2005.

  6. There are approximately 850 active forest products manufacturing operations in the state.

  7. Over 48,000 people are directly employed with forest-based companies and 100,000 people are indirectly dependent upon the forest industry.

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