Forestry Fishing and Mining

Primary Industries

Forest

Takes up nearly half of the area of Louisiana

Employees the largest number of workers

Mining (petroleum) has paid more than half of the State’s

Wood Industries

Historic Forestry

Commercial Forestry

Ownership of Louisiana Forestry

Composition and Quality

Efficiency of Production

Problems and Difficulties

Economic Impact

Wildlife Exploitation

Commercial Finfisheries

Commercial Shellfisheries

Cultivated Fisheries

Commercial Trapping

Sport Hunting and Fishing

Mining

Tuscaloosa Trend

Post-Petroleum Age