IP Continues Massive Layoffs

About 290 jobs will be eliminated at the Savannah mill and 225 will be cut from the Hudson River mill. The other 140 layoffs are a result of an internal reorganization of International Paper's Forest Resources business, based in Savannah. The reorganization will see five regional forestry operations consolidated into three. The two eliminated operations—one in Savannah, the other in Shreveport, LA—will leave regional operations in Jackson, MI; Georgetown, SC; and Augusta, ME. Forest Resource's headquarters will still be located in Savannah.