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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…

New Mexico Gains New Sawmill Venture

New Mexico Gains New Sawmill Venture

Dec 13, 2019 |

Northern California’s Lance Forest Products is relocating a sawmill from Redding to Cimarron, NM with the help of a $350,000 investment from the state Economic Development Department. Lance Forest Products executives have developed logging and…

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ALC, Other Groups Want Timber Included In Tariff Relief

ALC, Other Groups Want Timber Included In Tariff Relief

Dec 12, 2019 |

The American Loggers Council (ALC) and its member state logging associations recently delivered letters to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue, asking the administration to include unrefined forest products as an agricultural commodity.…

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2019 Logging Business of the Year

Nov 13, 2019 |

Logging Business of the Year Miller Timber Services is helping make the company’s wood basket as competitive as possible. They are doing this by running equipment that’s smarter and more environmentally sensitive while developing competitive…

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Tigercat Announces Coverage Plan

Sep 24, 2019 |

Tigercat announced the launch of SECURE – its new extended coverage program. SECURE offers customers a selection of four competitive coverage plans for engines and drivetrain components that begin after the standard warranty period on…

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Weiler Forestry Comes Of Age

Weiler Forestry Comes Of Age

Sep 10, 2019 |

Weiler Forestry, Inc. announced the launch of its purpose-built forestry products following its acquisition of Caterpillar’s purpose-built forestry business. The product line consists of wheel skidders, track feller-bunchers, wheel feller-bunchers, and knuckleboom loaders. Weiler Forestry…

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