The Forestry Association of South Carolina supports the landowners, professionals, and companies that make up SC’s $21 billion forest industry by promoting sustainable forestry, use of wood products, and working forests. The Association advocates for a business friendly climate for our landowners and forest industry while promoting conservation and sustainability of South Carolina's forests.
Sustainable forests that provide social, economic, and environmental benefits.
To maintain and secure adoption of local, state, and federal policies that encourage management, utilization, and conservation of forest resources while maintaining or strengthening the pro-business climate for the wood and paper products industry.
Chairman
Johnson Co., Inc.
Sumter
Past-Chairman
International Paper
Georgetown
Chairman-Elect
Collum's Lumber Products
Allendale
Treasurer
Beal Lumber Co.
Little Mountain
President & CEO
Forestry Association of SC
Columbia
At-Large, 2023
Broadaxe Branch Partners
Moncks Corner
Region I, 2023
Sonoco
Hartsville
Region III, 2023
Piedmont Forestry Consultants
Roebuck
At-Large, 2023
McPhail Tree Farms, LLC
Mauldin
Region II, 2023
Swiss Krono SC, LLC
Lexington
Region III, 2024
United WoodTreating / Retired
Union
Region I, 2024
Canfor Southern Pine
Conway
At-Large, 2024
White Oak Forest Mgt.
Georgetown
Region II, 2024
ArborGen
Ridgeville
At-Large, 2024
West Fraser
Joanna
Region I, 2025
International Paper
Georgetown
Region III, 2025
New Indy
Catawba
At-Large, 2025
Tree Farmer
Chapin
At-Large, 2025
Southeastern Forestry
Columbia
Region II, 2025
Sabine & Waters
Summerville
On Nov. 30, 1967, a handful of senior forest industry managers and consulting foresters gathered at the Tremont Hotel, Columbia, SC to discuss ways to strengthen the forest industry’s relationship with private landowners and improve the level of forest practices in the state.