by Web Editor | Sep 7, 2018 | News, News/PR
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has awarded its first Good Neighbor Authority restoration timber harvest sale. Colville-based Vaagen Brothers Timber Company was the successful bidder Tuesday for a project that will reduce hazardous timber...
by Web Editor | Feb 7, 2018 | News, News/PR
After decades of declining timber harvests and forest restoration projects, the Colville National Forest has turned a corner and is dramatically increasing both. According to recent forest management estimates, the forest is poised to be the No. 1 forest products...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2015 | News, News/PR
A long time conservation activist is critical of the move to collaboration between the Washington timber industry, Forest Service, and environmental groups. In recent Years, The NorthEast Washington Forestry Coalition has brought together parties that used to be on...
by Web Editor | May 29, 2015 | News, News/PR
Vaagen Brothers Lumber is a fourth-generation business based in Colville, Washington, east of the Cascades. Today, we specialize in processing small logs, and in so doing we produce a good quantity of chips and bioenergy feedstocks, but the company has undergone many...
by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2013 | News, News/PR
The Colville National Forest has awarded a 10-year stewardship contract to a Northeast Washington sawmill owner, allowing logging in return for restoration work. Vaagen Brothers Lumber Co. was the sole bidder on the contract, which is valued at up to $30 million. The...