Bienville Lumber Company, established as a joint venture between Tolko Industries Ltd. and Louisiana-based Hunt Forest Products (HFP), is developing a new, state-of-the-art, highly efficient lumber mill in Bienville Parish, a Non-Metropolitan Persistent Poverty County. The mill’s state-of the-art equipment enables it to produce 1,000 board feet from only 3.8 tons of timber versus 4.5 tons required by traditional mills. HFP is a leader in the Northern LA timber industry and active participant in multiple sustainable forestry programs. Strongly supported by state and local officials, the mill will be a major employer in this rural area and provide vital support to the local forestry industry by procuring 1.3 million tons of regional timber per year.