The Board of the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) voted unanimously at their quarterly meeting in April to award projects to six counties in the launch of the Rural Bridge Grant initiative. Established through the Alabama Legislature’s Rural Logging Efficiency Act of 2023 and funded in the FY25 General Fund Budget, this program is dedicated to upgrading the infrastructure of rural, county-maintained bridges that currently hinder the efficient transport of timber to sawmills and manufacturing facilities.