by Web Editor | Dec 2, 2011 | News
Rayonier completed the previously announced acquisition of approximately 250,000 acres of timberlands from Joshua Timberlands LLC and Oklahoma Timber, LLC for $330 million. The acquisition was funded using cash, Rayonier’s revolving credit facility and the assumption...
by Web Editor | Nov 28, 2011 | News
Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in the first three quarters of 2011 have surpassed the total exports of 2010 according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station. “The increasing shipments to China...
by Web Editor | Nov 21, 2011 | News
German Pellets is coming to America. The largest wood pellet manufacturer in Europe is building its first pellet plant in the U.S. in Tyler County, East Texas. The company intends to manufacture 500,000 metric tons of wood pellets per year, with the first pellets...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2011 | News
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that the agency has protected one million acres of forest through its Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program. The millionth-acre milestone was reached on private land in New Kent County, Va., as a result of the Logger...
by Web Editor | Nov 14, 2011 | News
President Obama’s 2012 budget proposal calls for a five-year extension of an act that provides funding to historically forest-dependent communities that have been impacted over the last several decades by downturns in the forest products industry. The Secure Rural...
by Web Editor | Nov 11, 2011 | News
Over half of tree species in the eastern U.S. forests aren’t adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as once predicted, according to Duke University researchers. Almost 59% of the species examined in a study by Duke University showed signs that...
