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USDA Finalizes National Environmental Policy Act Reform 

Forest Service Headquarters Moving To Salt Lake City

Forest Service Headquarters Moving To Salt Lake City The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service (FS) has announced it will move its headquarters to Salt Lake City, Ut., and begin a sweeping restructuring of the agency to move leadership closer to the...

Road Runner Repair Celebrates 10 Years With Ponsse

Road Runner Repair Celebrates 10 Years With Ponsse Road Runner Repair began in 2011 when Aaron Vizer, after 13 years as a field service technician, started his own business. What began with a single service truck quickly grew into a full operation. Recognizing the...

FRA Announces Outstanding Logger Award Southwide Region Winners 

FRA Announces Outstanding Logger Award Southwide Region Winners  The Forest Resources Association (FRA), in partnership with John Deere, honored Ricky Summerford of Summerford Enterprises Inc. from Fulton, Miss., as the 2026 Southcentral Region Outstanding Logger and...

Permitting Progress Continues For Tigercat’s Carbonizer

Permitting Progress Continues For Tigercat’s Carbonizer Tigercat’s 6040 carbonizer is a mobile, track-mounted unit designed to transform woody debris into high-quality biochar on-site. It reduces volume by 90% and sequesters 20-30% of the available carbon in the...

Morbark Appoints Doug Adrian President 

Morbark Appoints Doug Adrian President  As of February 16, 2026, Doug Adrian has been appointed President of Morbark. Based in Winn, Mich., Adrian brings more than 26 years of global leadership experience across sales, marketing, operations, product management, supply...

U.S. Endowment Launches $5 Million Funding Opportunity 

U.S. Endowment Launches $5 Million Funding Opportunity  The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has announced a $5 million funding opportunity to connect underutilized wood fiber with new buyers, strengthen regional supply chains and keep working forests...

USDA Invests $115.2M Through Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan

USDA Invests $115.2M ThroughTimber Production Expansion Program At the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference, U.S. Department of Agriculture Administrator for the Rural Business and Cooperative Service J.R. Claeys announced the USDA is guaranteeing $115.2 million...

BLM Seeks New Timber Management Model

BLM Seeks New Timber Management Model The Bureau of Land Management has filed a notice of intent to revise the resource management plan for nearly 2.5 million acres of forests in Oregon, potentially quadrupling the amount of timber open to logging on O&C Lands...

Arizona Groups Seek To Break ‘Biomass Bottleneck’ 

Arizona Groups Seek To Break ‘Biomass Bottleneck’  A group of local governments, timber industry representatives and environmental groups recently met with congressional leaders and U.S. Forest Service officials to indicate that Arizona’s forest health efforts and...
Sierra Pacific Breaks Ground In Eugene 

Sierra Pacific Breaks Ground In Eugene 

Nov 18, 2025 |

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...

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Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B Processor

Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B Processor

Nov 18, 2025 |

Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B ProcessorThe 850 processor, the Tigercat branded purpose-built alternative to excavator conversions, has been upgraded for improved performance. The new 850B retains all...

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New From Cat: 558 Forest Machine

New From Cat: 558 Forest Machine

Feb 15, 2023 |

The new Cat 558 next generation forest machine features several design upgrades for boosting production. “The previous 558 was the best in its class for moving timber with power and reliability,” says Brent Uitermarkt, vice president for Caterpillar’s forestry products. “The new 558 next gen machine builds on that by being even…

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Vermeer Redesigns HG4000 Grinder

Vermeer Redesigns HG4000 Grinder

Jan 11, 2023 |

Vermeer has redesigned the Vermeer HG4000 horizontal grinder; this new generation delivers powerful performance in various wood waste recycling applications and landscaping material production. It’s equipped with a 536 HP (399.7-kW) CAT C13B T4F/Stage V diesel engine, a Series III duplex drum, an aggressive infeed…

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New From Komatsu: XT-5 Tracked Harvesters

New From Komatsu: XT-5 Tracked Harvesters

Nov 2, 2022 |

To harvest trees in tight, dense and rugged-terrain forests, operators need machines with maneuverability, power, versatility and reliability. With Komatsu’s XT-5 tracked harvesters, operators can harvest closer to the carrier and maneuver confidently thanks to a lower center of gravity and off-set boom…

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