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RFS Biomass Amendment Fails In House

RFS Biomass Amendment Fails In House Despite the best efforts of the Forest Coalition that includes the American Loggers Council, an amendment to the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that would have modified the definition of renewable biomass while clarifying...

New From Tigercat: LG4053, LG5057 Grapples

New From Tigercat: LG4053, LG5057 Grapples The Tigercat LG4053 and LG5057 grapples are now offered on Tigercat 234C and 250E series track and subframe mounted loaders. Both grapples are now available with an optional Tigercat grapple saw, with a bar length of 45 in....

International Paper To Acquire North Pacific Paper

International Paper To Acquire North Pacific Paper International Paper (IP) has entered into an agreement to acquire North Pacific Paper Co. (NORPAC), a portfolio company of One Rock Capital Partners, for $360 million. NORPAC is a U.S.-based paper manufacturer...

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...

PotlatchDeltic, Rayonier To Merge 

Oct 15, 2025 |

PotlatchDeltic, Rayonier To Merge Rayonier, bringing its timberland real estate investment trust (REIT) to the table, and PotlatchDeltic, with its REIT and multiple wood products mills, have entered...

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GLTPA Supports New Biorefinery Project 

Sep 30, 2025 |

GLTPA Supports New Biorefinery Project The Great Lakes Timber Professionals Assn. (GLTPA) has voiced strong support for the Wisconsin Forestry Revitalization Bill, introduced by a trio of State...

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Upgrade From John Deere: Knuckleboom Loaders

Upgrade From John Deere: Knuckleboom Loaders

Aug 9, 2022 |

John Deere introduces the latest updates to its knuckleboom loader lineup, including visibility enhancements. Aiming to increase operator safety and accuracy, the 2022 models of 437E and 337E knuckleboom loaders feature a newly designed front window by removing the external mesh guard and replacing it with a clear, polycarbonate window for uninterrupted view…

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New Ponsse Products

New Ponsse Products

Jul 18, 2022 |

Ponsse has launched a series of new products to improve productivity in sustainable harvesting, including the Ponsse Scorpion Giant harvester and the Ponsse Mammoth forwarder. The Scorpion Giant harvester adds to the Scorpion product range, which was completely upgraded in 2021. It was developed to have more tractive effort, which helps the harvester to be agile even in challenging conditions, including snow, steep slopes and soft terrain. The Scorpion…

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Komatsu To Acquire Swedish Silviculture Attachment Manufacturer

Komatsu To Acquire Swedish Silviculture Attachment Manufacturer

Jul 15, 2022 |

Through Komatsu Forest AB, a wholly owned subsidiary in Sweden, Komatsu Ltd. is going to acquire Bracke Forest AB, headquartered in Bräcke, Sweden, which develops, manufactures, and sells application-specific attachments for silviculture. Tree planting is expected to expand worldwide for lumber production and environmental concerns, such as the promotion of carbon neutrality. At the same time, the need for mechanization is growing, especially because tree planting is labor-intensive work, with an increase in planting in remote areas, and a decrease in the workforce…

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