by Web Editor | Sep 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Making lumber is a bit like peeling a banana. The peels, in this case 16-foot lengths of bark-clad hemlock, are stacked beside a small sawmill here at Treeline Inc., a diversified forestry operation on the access road to Lincoln. But that waste wood has value. Last...
by Web Editor | Jul 21, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. lumber producers like a Trump administration move to drop part of the North American Free Trade Agreement’s dispute resolution system they say handcuffs their ability to fight unfair Canadian timber sales. But Canadian timber analysts warn the move could further...
by Web Editor | Feb 13, 2017 | News, News/PR
The Sierra-Cascade Logging Conference on Saturday attracted hundreds to the Shasta District Fairgrounds where spectators had the chance to check out the newest industrial equipment and watch men compete in the World’s Strongest Logger Competition. Ted James, president...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2015 | News, News/PR
California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for the state’s forests, where an estimated 22 million trees have already died. Cal Fire’s chief says this means continuing work that has already happened. What is killing them is a one-two...
by Web Editor | Aug 18, 2014 | News, News/PR
A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ruling on Wednesday is expected to benefit the nation’s forest products industry through a new preference in a government program for purchases of bio-based products. The USDA’s BioPreferred Program requires every federal agency...
