Freshly cut pine trees sit on trailers waiting to be transported to a timber mill. Near Folkston on Oct. 2, 2025. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current GA/Catchlight Local/Report for AmericaSince International Paper abruptly closed its mills in Liberty and Chatham counties last fall, business owners in Southeast Georgia who once made the state the largest timber exporter in the nation have been feeling acute pain. As of January, demand for timber ha…