Despite the digital revolution, the forestry industry continues to grow in Louisiana. A new report says forestry accounts for 13 billion dollars in economic output to the state, and one billion in inflation adjusted with state and local taxes. LSU Ag Center Professor Shaun Tanger says the increase in shipping needs from companies like Amazon has also helped buoy the industry, along with a rebounding housing market, but warns that there could be a bump in the road just ahead.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have issued a quarantine on the transportation and transplanting of Roseau Cane out of Southern Louisiana. A small invasive insect known as the Roseau can scale was first discovered in the state in fall of 2016, and has destroyed wide swaths of the plant in coastal Louisiana. LDWF Biologist Director Todd Baker says hunters often use the plant to build hunting blinds. Baker adds there is only one exception for moving cane.
The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season has been projected to have below average activity and so far, that forecast has delivered. The season has only produced five named storms with two becoming hurricanes. The two hurricanes fizzled out in the Atlantic. With nearly a month and a half without a hurricane, State Climatologist Berry Keim says that’s a relief that doesn’t occur often.
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Joe Burrow and Myles Brennan know who will start at quarterback on Sunday night agaisnt eighth ranked Miami, but Coach Ed Orgeron is holding off on publicly announcing a starter. Orgeron says he wants to tell the team first, but Burrow and Brennan were told of the decision this morning