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Aftermath of southeast Georgia mill closures

Lawmakers, timber stakeholders seek solutions to assist timber industry

A grapple skidder transports felled trees to a loader for processing on a job in southern Bulloch County for Jase Brooks of Brooks Land and Timber. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff

Timber — A grapple skidder transports felled trees to a loader for processing on a job in southern Bulloch County for Jase Brooks of Brooks Land and Timber. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/staff

It’s been six months since International Paper shuttered the doors on its Chatham and Liberty County mills, and the impact has cascaded throughout southeast Georgia’s timber industry.