by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2016 | News
Salvation In A Colorado Sawmill An idea seemingly as simple as building a sawmill can make a world of difference for the people of rural Costilla County. The county in the San Luis Valley is plagued by a struggling economy and overgrown forests, which create wildfire...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2015 | News
Colorado Billionaire Conservationist Proposes Huge Sawmill Hedge-fund manager and renowned conservationist Louis Bacon plans to build a large sawmill in the San Luis Valley to help process timber harvested from his Trinchera Blanca Ranch, the largest contiguous ranch...
by Web Editor | Jul 10, 2015 | News
The Finnish hew saw at Duane Vaagen’s mill can make two two-by-fours from a tree no thicker than a loaf of bread. “The magic,” he says, as logs rattle by and emerge seconds later as finished lumber, “is being able to turn such small diameters into a high-quality,...
by Web Editor | Apr 8, 2015 | News
Plans for a lumber mill in Williams by the contractor overseeing a massive forest-thinning project in northern Arizona’s forests appear stuck on the back burner. Good Earth Power AZ was reissued a grading permit this week, but it could be several weeks before...
by Web Editor | Sep 22, 2014 | News
A new Arizona sawmill opened Monday west of Flagstaff after two years of planning. Newpac Fibre, LLC opened its sawmill in Williams at the location of a former sawmill site that closed in 1995. The company is bringing back an industry that died decades ago to a town...
