by Web Editor | Jun 13, 2017 | News
The U.S. Lumber Coalition, a trade group that had been rallying against the extension of the Softwood Lumber Agreement with Canada, came out as expected against the Canadian government’s plan to spend C$867-million in subsidies for Canadian softwood producers...
by Web Editor | Jun 7, 2017 | News
Officials in Oregon have approved construction permits for the first all-wood high-rise building in the nation. Construction on the 12-story building, called Framework, will break ground this fall in Portland’s trendy and rapidly growing Pearl District and is expected...
by Web Editor | Nov 4, 2016 | News
It’s being called a once-in-a-lifetime occasion for the lumber and building industries: Following extensive testing at the University of Maine, Norway spruce has been approved for use as a construction-grade material in the U.S. In the 1930’s, Civilian...
by Web Editor | Sep 15, 2014 | News
If pressed to name the biggest forest products companies in the U.S., or the most significant in Washington, you might come up with names such as Weyerhaeuser or Boise Cascade or Georgia-Pacific. For some local flavor you might throw in some names such as Simpson,...
