1. Jack Mitchell 4-H Volunteer Leader Rifle Instructor-Trainer Monroe County Safety Orientation

2. Why youth join the program: Interest in hunting &wildlife (64%) Shoot competitively (59%) Learn about firearm safety (40%) Have fun (100%).

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.