A federal judge has handed the Oregon timber industry two big victories relating to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberland designations and management in the state. In one decision Judge Richard Leon ruled that President Barack…
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…
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….
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fiscal year 2019 final statistics show a significant increase in the number of inspections and a record amount of compliance assistance to further the…
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 operations. Miller…
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…
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…
The 2019 Timber Harvesting Logger Survey looked at logger concerns and regional issues along with differences and similarities among loggers across the U.S. in key timber-producing regions. As a way to thank survey respondents, we…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is extending the public comment period on proposed changes to modernize how the agency complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The proposed rule would give the…
Loggers, truckers and others gathered by the hundreds outside Oregon’s State Capitol in late June—with trucks rolling and hardhats and caulk boots worn as badges of solidarity—to protest and ultimately help defeat proposed state cap-and-trade…
The Arizona Corporation Commission recently dealt a major blow to forest restoration efforts in the state by voting down a proposal to convert an electricity generating unit to burn biomass instead of coal at the…
John Deere has received approval from the U.S. Department of Labor for its new Registered Apprenticeship Program and is making it available to its ag & turf and construction & forestry dealers. The program will…