by Web Editor | Dec 21, 2016 | News, News/PR
Some northern Wisconsin loggers are putting off timber harvests. The prices for timber products they deliver have fallen over the past eight months. Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association Executive Director Henry Schienebeck said some loggers are holding off on...
by Web Editor | Oct 30, 2015 | News, News/PR
Sawmills in the south were hit hard by the recession. A steep decline in the housing market accelerated plant closings and job losses. However, new research shows good news for the timber industry. A nearly $200 million Weyerhaeuser project in Dierks, Arkansas could...
by Web Editor | Jul 17, 2015 | News, News/PR
More than four billion board feet of Oregon timber was harvested last year. However, the harvest was a 1.74 decrease from 2013, and might decrease again in 2015 due to the problems at the slow ports and fewer-than-expected housing starts at the beginning of the year....
by Web Editor | Nov 3, 2014 | News, News/PR
In protest of wages, the loggers behind close to 200 trucks chose to not deliver wood to Boise Paper Mill in International Falls, Minn., on Thursday. The protest participants reflect about 95% of the semis that deliver timber to Boise, according to Associated Contract...
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...
