by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2018 | News, News/PR
Forestry officials have announced the highly destructive emerald ash borer has been discovered in Maine for the first time. Responsible for the deaths of millions of trees in the U.S. and Canada, the emerald ash borer was known to be expanding across the border in New...
by Web Editor | Jan 12, 2018 | News, News/PR
When Butch Jacobs steps into the woods in search of basket making materials, he does not have a specific type of forest or black ash tree in mind, but he knows it when he sees it. “It’s a unique skill set that cannot necessarily be taught. Some people just...
by Web Editor | Apr 12, 2017 | News, News/PR
Other companies have done it. Forest Marketing Enterprises even has dabbled in it since 2002. But the Everett-based timber company made it a big part of its business model last year and is now getting recognized for the effort. Forest Marketing, better known as...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2016 | News, News/PR
A slowdown in log exports to Asia, the end of a trade deal between the United States and Canada, and a busy fire season all contributed to a roughly 8 percent decline in Oregon’s timber harvest last year. Loggers cut 3.79 billion board feet of timber last year from...
by Web Editor | May 23, 2016 | News, News/PR
In a potentially futile bid to stem the spread of an invasive insect that has already wiped out 50 million ash trees in 24 states, New Jersey on Thursday announced plans to treat ash trees on state-owned lands in nine counties, including The Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus and...
