by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2018 | News, News/PR
Digital technology might not be the first thing you think of when thinking about the logging and timber industry, but one Savannah entrepreneur hopes to changes that. “We’re hoping to be a disrupter of the business,” said Dean McCraw of Phloem, a mobile app for the...
by Web Editor | Apr 16, 2014 | News, News/PR
Ohio State Rep. Ross McGregor wants legislation that would allow for better prosecution in timber theft crimes, but the state forestry association has concerns the bill could over-regulate the industry. House Bill 515, introduced by McGregor last week, would require a...
by Web Editor | Mar 4, 2013 | News, News/PR
A federal judge this week will try to put a price tag on the trees that a Brinnon, Washington logger admitted to poaching from Olympic National Forest. Reid B. Johnston, 41, pleaded guilty to willfully injuring and committing depredation against U.S. property in...
by Web Editor | Jan 21, 2013 | News, News/PR
A 330-year-old Douglas fir was among 102 trees that a Brinnon, WA, man pleaded guilty to stealing or damaging from the Olympic National Forest and was sentenced to one year in jail. According to the U.S. Department of Forestry, Reid Johnston, 41, has been convicted of...
by Web Editor | Dec 19, 2012 | News, News/PR
The U.S. attorney’s office says a 41-year-old Brinnon man has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing more than $70,000 worth of timber from the Olympic National Forest, including one tree estimated to be more than 300 years old. Reid Johnston was...
