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Roseburg Closes Weed Veneer Mill

Roseburg Closes Weed Veneer Mill Roseburg Forest Products has recently announced the closure of its veneer plant in Weed, Calif. The company is focusing on veneer production at its Oregon mills, where it has installed new veneer manufacturing equipment. The company...

Air Burners To Be Acquired By Private Equity 

AirBurners To Be Acquired By Private Equity  Courizon Partners, a private equity firm specializing in middle market industrial and consumer businesses, announced its acquisition of AirBurners, the global leader in air curtain burner systems used for disposal of wood...

Forest Service Begins Much Needed Reorganization

Forest Service Begins Much Needed Reorganization USFS leaders announced in October that it had consolidated regional managers to four Regional Foresters with centralized expertise hubs, housed in its nine existing regions, creating broader jurisdictions with less...

Campbell Global Acquires Oregon Timberland From Weyerhaeuser 

Campbell Global Acquires Oregon Timberland From Weyerhaeuser The Timber Investment Management Organization (TIMO), Campbell Global LLC, announced in November it acquired 28,200 acres of timberland from Weyerhaeuser in Oregon’s North Coast and Willamette Valley....

Tigercat Transitioning To TCi Branding For Attachments

Tigercat Transitioning To TCi Branding For Attachments As part of its evolving international brand strategy, Tigercat Industries will rebrand its entire line of harvesting heads, felling heads, grapples, mulching heads, and other attachments under the TCi brand. This...

Sierra Pacific Breaks Ground In Eugene 

Sierra Pacific Breaks Ground In Eugene  Sierra Pacific Industries broke ground on its new state-of-the-art sawmill in Eugene, Ore. in early November. SPI’s Oregon crews joined in celebrating the placement of the first column—the start of what will soon be a nearly...

Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B Processor

Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B Processor The 850 processor, the Tigercat branded purpose-built alternative to excavator conversions, has been upgraded for improved performance. The new 850B retains all of the advantages over converted excavators used in roadside...

Maine Logger Training Program Graduates Recognized

Maine Logger Training Program Graduates Recognized Upon completing an extensive 20-week curriculum, graduates of the Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking Program (MLOFT) were recently recognized at the Kennebec Valley Community College (KVCC) Alfond...

Logger Co-op Launches Wisconsin Chip Mill

Logger Co-op Launches Wisconsin Chip Mill A precedent-setting milestone was marked in Tilleda, Wis., with the launch of the United States’ first chip mill owned and operated by a logger cooperative—a major step forward for collaboration and sustainability in the...

West Fraser To Idle Mills In Georgia, British Columbia

West Fraser To Idle Mills In Georgia, British Columbia West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. announced in early November it will permanently close both its Augusta, Ga. and 100 Mile House, British Columbia sawmills by the end of 2025 following an orderly wind-down. The decision...
Rotochopper Celebrates Manufacturing Month

Rotochopper Celebrates Manufacturing Month

During the month of October, Rotochopper shines a spotlight on the incredible innovations, processes, and stories that make the company a standout in the world of manufacturing. Individuals were invited to explore the latest advancements in manufacturing technology by participating in the Central Minnesota Manufacturers Assn. (CMMA) virtual tour of manufacturing…

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Restoration Efforts Working In Eastern Oregon

Restoration Efforts Working In Eastern Oregon

Forest thinning is improving the robustness of older trees and enhancing native biodiversity on federal lands in eastern Oregon, evidence that collaborative efforts to restore forests are working, research by Oregon State University shows. The study led by James Johnston of the OSU College of Forestry involved long-term monitoring and research partnerships between OSU, the U.S. Forest Service and local groups in Oregon’s Blue Mountains…

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Sierra Pacific Industries’ Tomascheski Plans Retirement

Sierra Pacific Industries’ Tomascheski Plans Retirement

Sierra Pacific Industries’ long-time Vice President of Resources, Dan Tomascheski, is retiring at the end of 2023. His 45-year career at Sierra Pacific includes his role as the forestry program’s chief steward since 1990. He has been the leader in the growth and sustainable management of the largest privately-owned timberland holdings in the U.S…

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Acres Partners With Forisk

Acres Partners With Forisk

Acres, a data-driven land research platform that supports fast, informed decision making, is partnering with Forisk Consulting, a leader in analyzing timber markets and wood baskets, to visualize timber data for both companies’ clients. This collaboration between Acres and Forisk will further expand Acres’ capacity to provide and visualize important information on U.S. timberland through its powerful land valuation tool…

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American Loggers Council Gathers In Maine

American Loggers Council Gathers In Maine

Loggers and industry advocates from throughout the U.S. (and beyond) converged on the little town of Newry, Me., October 4-6 for the American Loggers Council’s 2023 Annual Meeting. Maine’s own Andy Irish ended his 2022-2023 term as ALC President by hosting the event in his home state, offering his peers from other regions a sample of the local culture, cuisine and logging techniques…

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Weyerhaeuser Goes After Carbon Credits

Weyerhaeuser Goes After Carbon Credits

Weyerhaeuser Co. announced it has received approval from the American Carbon Registry for its Improved Forest Management (IFM) carbon credit project in Maine. Covering approximately 50,000 acres and verified through a third-party auditor, the Kibby Skinner IFM Project is the first issuance of credits for Weyerhaeuser through the voluntary carbon market…

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