Henry Dorough Regional Extension Agent Animal Science and Forages 4-H Shotgun Instructor-Trainer Firearm Safety on the Range
Why youth join the program: Interest in hunting &wildlife (64%) Shoot competitively (59%) Learn about firearm safety (40%) Have fun (100%).
As far as private timberland acreage is concerned, Alabama ranks second behind Georgia.
77% of timberland acreage is owned by non-industrial private landowners.
The forest industry is the state’s largest manufacturing industry, producing an estimated $15.39 billion worth of products in 2005.
There are approximately 850 active forest products manufacturing operations in the state.
Over 48,000 people are directly employed with forest-based companies and 100,000 people are indirectly dependent upon the forest industry.