Minding the Forest

About Minding the Forest

We talk about sustainable forestry, how important managed forests are to Louisiana and its economy and how forests benefit everyone. Managed forests offer more for water and wildlife. That's why the Louisiana Forestry Association advocates to keep forests as forests! We also talk about the issues important to the forest products industry.

Publisher

Jeff Zeringue

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Nov 2020

Latest episode

15 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

116 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2026

   How markets are changing the way landowners grow trees — Ep. 73

   Send us Fan Mail Brooks Mendell, CEO and founder of Forisk Consulting, was keynote speaker at the Louisiana Forestry Association's 79th annual meeting in August and took time talks bout the state of the Forest Products industry in Louisiana. Markets not only drive what products are sold, they also drive how landowners plant trees for the future. Brooks takes a look at these markets, takes a little look at the future and shares the research his firm has discovered over the past year. You...

2. 

   15 Aug 2026

   Conversation with forest historian and scientist Dr. Jim Barnett — Ep. 72

   Send us Fan Mail Dr. Jim Barnett came to Louisiana in the early 1960s to research how to reforest the South with longleaf pine that had been over harvested in the early 20th century. Since his retirement in 2005, he also has written several historical books about forestry and the people in the industry. Jim talks about how he came to be scientist emeritus with the U.S. Forest Service and his involvement in the industry as well as the Southern Forest Heritage Museum. You can email him at...

3. 

   15 Jul 2026

   EUDR and how it's affecting United States forests — Ep. 71

   Send us Fan Mail Kate Gatto, is the chief strategy officer for the National Alliance of Forest Landowners and comes from a Tree Farm family in Mississippi. In a recent meeting of European Union officials, forestry organizations and forest landowners were told the European Union Deforestation Regulation is not going away but will be delayed until later this year. Kate fights for the small forest landowners and follows the subject closely. In this episode of Minding the Forest, she talks about ...

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

1,248

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Quality

43

Social presence

0

YouTube

65

Engagement

68

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