by Web Editor | Apr 8, 2015 | News, News/PR
The Northwest Forest Plan, the icy truce that ended the 1990s timber wars, continues to unravel as two federal agencies look for new ways to manage Northwest forests. By late April, the Bureau of Land Management says it will release a new plan to manage 2.5 million...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2014 | News, News/PR
Wildfires scorched nearly 1.5 million acres in Oregon, Washington and Idaho this year. And with increased demand for timber from lumber mills, there is a growing market for scorched trees. Time is of the essence in post-fire salvage. Fungus, bugs and rot degrade dead...
by Web Editor | Jun 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
Trudging through a densely planted patch of hardwoods in spitting rain, Ronald Mahoney spotted one more. He yanked the chain saw into action, sawed a V-shaped wedge into the trunk and finished it off with a clean cut from the opposite side. The birch, particularly...
by Web Editor | Jan 27, 2014 | News, News/PR
The improving demand for Pacific Northwest timber has strained logging and hauling capacity due to lack of investment in equipment during the housing downturn. A lack of work also convinced many loggers to seek employment in the oil and gas industries. The rebounding...