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Idaho Lands Memo Notes Value To State

Following a spring session when interest groups sought to change Idaho’s state endowment land management goals, Idaho Dept. of Lands Director Dustin Miller released a six-page memo detailing the importance of sustainable timber management to…

West Fraser Second Quarter Earnings Show Mixed Outlook 

West Fraser offered a range of outlooks in its second quarter earnings report. It noted that over the medium term, improvements in housing affordability supported by U.S. government policy changes and the expected normalization of…

Great Lakes Mass Timber Collaborative Awarded Wood Innovation Grant 

A new U.S. Forest Service wood innovation grant will enable Dovetail Partners, MassTimber@MSU (Michigan State University), and Team Pennsylvania to accelerate the next phase of the Great Lakes Mass Timber Collaborative (GLMTC). The multi‑state effort…

RMS Trades Land With Rayonier, Enters Pacific Northwest Market

Resource Management Service (RMS) has announced that the RMS Evergreen U.S. Forestland Fund has made its first investment in the Pacific Northwest through a strategic land exchange with Rayonier Inc. Under the agreement, the Fund…

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…

Weather Boosts 2020 OLC Crowd

Mar 6, 2020 |

EUGENE, Oregon – Sunny weather and the latest logging technology and services were both in abundance at the 82nd Annual Oregon Logging Conference (OLC) in late February as thousands of people visited the three-day show,…

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Weyerhaeuser Sells More Timberland

Feb 12, 2020 |

Weyerhaeuser is selling 630,000 acres of timberland in Montana to a private timberland investment company for $145 million in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2020. The company’s…

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Moravia Hardwoods To Pay For Illegal Harvest

Feb 12, 2020 |

A judge has ordered Moravia Hardwoods in Moravia, Iowa to pay the state nearly $28,000 for timber harvested without permission from a state forest in south-central Iowa. A statement from the Iowa attorney general’s office…

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Associated Oregon Loggers: 50 Years Strong

Associated Oregon Loggers: 50 Years Strong

Feb 12, 2020 |

Celebrating a major milestone, Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL) held its 50th Annual Convention in late January, attended by more than 400 members, friends, and guests at Eugene’s Valley River Inn. According to AOL Interim Executive…

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2020 Mid-South Show Scheduled August 21-22

2020 Mid-South Show Scheduled August 21-22

Feb 3, 2020 |

The Mid-South Forestry Equipment Show, the longest-running and best attended live demo in the South, will be held August 21-22, again on Mississippi State University’s John W. Starr Memorial Forest located just south of Starkville,…

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Barred Owl Remains Under The Gun

Barred Owl Remains Under The Gun

Jan 13, 2020 |

Officials with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) recently announced an extension through August 2021 of a controversial experimental program to shoot barred owls that are encroaching on spotted owl habitat in Pacific Northwest…

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