Welcome to the Southern Region

There is something for everyone in the vast Southern Region!

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Welcome to the Southern Region

The Southern Region of the Forest Service is a dynamic collection of lands that encompasses 13 states and Puerto Rico. Known as Region 8 within the Forest Service, the Southern Region consists of 14 National Forest units and two special units. The Forest Service employs about 250 people at the Region 8 headquarters in Atlanta, and nearly 2,500 throughout the South.

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Events

May

31

21st Annual Frank Clark Memorial (Winn Parish) Youth Fishing Derby, Registration Required

May

31

Calcasieu Evangeline Unit (Rapides Parish) Youth Fishing Derby

Jun

7

Kisatchie (Natchitoches Parish) Youth Fishing Derby

Jun

7

Calcasieu Vernon Unit (Vernon Parish) Youth Fishing Derby

Jun

7

Catahoula (Grant Parish) Youth Fishing Derby, Registration Required

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Recent Press Releases

NFWF Announces Record $7.7 Million in Grants Awarded through the Southeast Aquatics Fund...

Release Date: January 13th, 2025

Communities at risk from wildfires can now apply for funding through ‘Investing in America’ agenda

Release Date: December 10th, 2024

Communities at risk from wildfires can now apply for funding through ‘Investing in America’...

Release Date: December 10th, 2024

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Features

Original feature was first published on September 13, 2023 The South is burning. Over 15,700 wildfires have burned 505,179 acres since New Year’s…

Original feature was published on September 13, 2023. A 30-year partnership between the USDA Forest Service and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is…

dying tree trunks in a marsh

ATLANTA -- Who’s looking out for ghost forests? The USDA Forest Service’s Southern Region Forest Health Monitoring Program is.“A ghost forest…

GEORGIA—A collaborative group comprised of private landowners and resource conservation and development councils recently provided fire prevention…

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