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Site details forestry impact of the South

The Southern Regional Extension Forestry office, which partners with UGA Cooperative Extension, and the Southern Group of State Foresters maintain a site containing the economic impact reports of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia.

The impact reports, which include values such as employment numbers, employee compensation, total industry output, indirect and induced impacts, etc., date back to 2012. The website includes environmental information about each state.

Also, there is an “Economic News” tab that contains information about various economic developments in each of the 13 states.

Visit the website at http://forestryimpacts.net/.