With nearly 23 million acres of timberland, Alabama’s forested land is larger than Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Rhode Island— combined.  In fact, Alabama’s forests are so fertile that the growth of softwood and hardwoods consistently outpaces their removal rate.

Even with more than 650 forest manufacturing companies employing nearly 25,000 people and $1.3 billion of Alabama forest products exported in 2016, there’s still plenty of opportunity to be found. And that’s just what’s happening. In 2016, new capital investment by forest-product companies in Alabama topped $1.1 billion, creating 1,000 jobs.