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EPA Proposes Trucking Regulatory Reform

Responding to complaints from all segments of the industry, from manufacturers down to drivers, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in July proposed changes and reforms to multiple heavy-duty engine regulations adopted in 2023, with…

Forest Service, New Mexico Sign 20-Year Partnership Agreement

U.S. Forest Service and the State of New Mexico have signed a next-generation agreement that expands opportunities for timber production, new wood uses, landscape restoration, and reducing wildfire risk to communities, ecosystems, and local economies…

State Of Maine Approves Tax Credits For Ashland Sawmill 

At their April 30 meeting, the board of directors of the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) approved state new markets tax credit financing to assist with the planned expansion of the Irving Forest Products sawmill…

Judge Halts Portion Of Oregon BLM Timber Sale

A federal judge has halted logging operations across 3,000 acres of a 6,000 acre forest health project on Bureau of Land Management timberland near Camas Valley in western Oregon. The judge agreed with three preservationist…

USDA Promotes Timber Output In Oregon, Nevada

U.S. Department of Agriculture Acting Under Secretary Todd Lindsey recently announced the agency is guaranteeing $80 million through the Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program (TPEP) and Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program to support…

AOL Welcomes Joe Justice As New Executive Vice President

In mid-June the Associated Oregon Loggers welcomed the fifth Executive Vice President in AOL’s history when Joe Justice started work for the 57-year-old loggers association. A longtime Oregonian, Justice grew up in St. Helens and…

Malheur National Forest, Iron Triangle Sign Stewardship Agreement

Officials with central Oregon’s Malheur National Forest signed a restoration-focused stewardship agreement with John Day, Ore.-based Iron Triangle LLC in early summer. The 20-year agreement establishes guidelines for “landscape-scale” forest restoration that includes hazardous fuels…

Senators Launch New Effort To Promote Woody Biomass

U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) partnered with U.S. Representatives Cliff Bentz (R-OR-02) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02) to introduce the Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act. This new bipartisan, bicameral legislation proposes to…

Jack Mills Accepts FRA 2026 Appalachian Region Logger Award

The Forest Resources Assn. (FRA), in partnership with John Deere, honored Jack Mills of Jack Mills Logging from Federalsburg, Md. as the 2026 Appalachian Region Outstanding Logger. The honor was presented during the Joint Appalachian…

Mill Companies Increasing Production

JD Irving Forest Doubling Lumber Output At Maine Sawmill Investing in its U.S. subsidiary, JD Irving Ltd. is expanding production at its Irving Forest Products sawmill in Ashland, Maine. The investment will roughly double production…

OLC 2021 Down, But Not Out

OLC 2021 Down, But Not Out

Oregon Logging Conference Board of Directors announced that the 2021 Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) at the Lane Events Center and Fairgrounds in Eugene will not be taking place in February as planned. “After much discussion…

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Forest Service Sold 3.2 Billion BF

Despite challenges posed by the pandemic, the USDA Forest Service announced it surpassed goals in 2020. The agency sold more than 3.2 billion BF of timber, the second highest level in 20 years. It also…

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Loggers Gain Relief Funding From Feds

America’s loggers will have an opportunity to receive much needed assistance to offset losses experienced due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, which passed by a bi-partisan vote in both…

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Major Media Hat-Tips Logging In Colorado

Always on the lookout for efforts by the mainstream media to investigate and report on news and events in forests and the forest products industry, the alert Timber Harvesting staff recently came across this description…

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West Fraser Purchases Norbord For $3 Billion

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. is acquiring all of the outstanding common shares of Norbord, the world’s largest oriented strandboard producer, for $3.1 billion. Following closing, the combined company will operate as West Fraser. “Norbord’s…

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