by Web Editor | Jul 8, 2013 | News
Much of the machinery needed replacing, most of the workers needed training and the nearby forest was spattered with more beetle-killed timber than ever before, but the once-dormant Wyoming sawmill at the end of Saratoga’s main street has roared back to life....
by Web Editor | May 31, 2013 | News
Lumber exports from the West coast decreased 7 percent in the first quarter of 2013 according to a Forest Service research economist. Log exports increased by 16 percent: from 362 million board feet in the first quarter of 2012, to 420 million board feet in the first...
by Web Editor | May 10, 2013 | News
Colorado Senator Mark Udall visited a Montrose sawmill, Thursday, to talk about how the forest industry can help Colorado’s economy. He assisted the mill in obtaining a U.S. Forest Service contract last year. This plan is helping the mill recover. Nieman Enterprise...
by Web Editor | Apr 10, 2013 | News
It is spring break-up in the Montana mountains, where wet, muddy conditions prevent loggers and haulers from working for the next few weeks. However, Sun Mountain Lumber, in Deer Lodge, has an adequate supply of timber in its yard to keep the sawmill running during...
by Web Editor | Feb 20, 2013 | News
Lumber exports to China from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska rebounded in the fourth quarter of 2012, jumping to 89.4 million board feet, an increase of 97.2% compared to the third quarter of the year, according to the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific...
