Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits Foster Logging, Inc. located in Glennville, Georgia. Moving from one tract to the next can cost a logger a fair amount of time and money, especially if he has to do it too frequently. Justin Foster, 28, hasn’t had that problem lately. He’s spent almost all of 2014 working on Pine Island, a 1,000-acre tract of George state timberland. He started there in late January, and he was still working it in mid-November. It’s all sand pine, and Foster has been tasked with clearing it, sparing only a few sporadic patches of loblolly, which he thins. The state wants to remove the sand pine so that it can replant the land with longleaf pine. Working on the state land, Foster says, hasn’t involved any more stringent requirements than any typical private tract.

Featured Story: “Staying Put”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Foster Logging, Inc.
Location: Glennville, Georgia
SLT Issue: December 2014

Check out other featured articles in the December 2014 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s December 2014 issue features Jasper, Alabama’s Forest Industries, LLC, Louisville, Mississippi’s Johns Logging, LLC, Glennville, Georgia’s Foster Logging, Inc., and White Plains, Georgia’s Plains Logging Company and AllWood Equipment Company. Other articles highlight the latest industry news and the 2014 Editorial Index.