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Forestry

Forests cover about 50% of Louisiana's land area, making it the state's most common land use. Fifty-nine of the state's 64 parishes contain land capable of producing sufficient timber to support the state’s extensive forest products industry activities, provide habitat for wildlife, recreational opportunity, and other environmental benefits. The harvest of timber, historically Louisiana's top agricultural crop, has returned to pre-recession levels. The state harvested over 990 million board feet of sawtimber and 6.3 million cords of timber in 2013.

Extension Forestry Contacts (see horticulture for yard tree questions)

NameTitleSpecializationsRegion
Jinggang GuoExtension Forest Economist
  • Finance and Management
  • Policy
Statewide
Luke StamperExtension Wildlife Specialist
  • helping landowners with wildlife management decisions
  • dealing with game and non-game species, including nuisance wildlife
Neils de HoopForest Management
Rich VloskyForest Products
Hallie DozierUrban Forestry
Luke StamperNortheast
Keith HawkinsSouthwest
Valerie WestNorthwest
Whitney WallaceSoutheast
Robbie HutchinsCentral
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