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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…

Trump Says Canada Should ‘Cough’ Up More Tariffs For The Bad Air 

President Trump on July 17 condemned Canada, and specifically Ottawa, for improper forest management, leading to the recent increase in forest fires and to the encroachment of smoke and polluted air into the U.S. “We…

Ponsse To Establish Factory Focused On Refurbishing Machines

Ponsse is launching the ExtendedLIFE project, funded by the EU’s LIFE Programme. The project aims to extend the service life of used forest machines and increase the reuse of machine components. As part of the…

Maine Logging, Trucking Program Celebrates 10 Years

The Mechanized Logging Operations and Forest Trucking (MLOFT) Program, a unique hands-on training course that prepares students for careers in the logging industry, has begun its tenth year of classes at an active harvest site…

Air Burners To Be Acquired By Private Equity 

Air Burners To Be Acquired By Private Equity 

Dec 10, 2025 |

AirBurners To Be Acquired By Private Equity Courizon Partners, a private equity firm specializing in middle market industrial and consumer businesses, announced its acquisition of AirBurners, the global leader in air curtain burner systems used…

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Forest Service Begins Much Needed Reorganization

Forest Service Begins Much Needed Reorganization

Dec 10, 2025 |

USFS leaders announced in October that it had consolidated regional managers to four Regional Foresters with centralized expertise hubs, housed in its nine existing regions, creating broader jurisdictions with less overhead. This comes hand in…

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Sierra Pacific Breaks Ground In Eugene 

Sierra Pacific Breaks Ground In Eugene 

Nov 18, 2025 |

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 placement of the first column—the start of what will soon be a…

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Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B Processor

Upgraded From Tigercat: 850B Processor

Nov 18, 2025 |

The 850 processor, the Tigercat branded purpose-built alternative to excavator conversions, has been upgraded for improved performance. The new 850B retains all of the advantages over converted excavators used in roadside processing applications—easier service access,…

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Samsara Camera Connector

Samsara Camera Connector

Mar 9, 2022 |

Samsara, a pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud, announces Camera Connector, a new product that connects side, rear and interior vehicle camera feeds to Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud. By bringing cloud connectivity to third-party cameras…

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