by Web Editor | Oct 16, 2015 | News
Approximately 500 jobs supported by Montana’s wood products industry have dried up this year alone, and with the expiration Monday of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada and the U.S., even broader repercussions are expected to hit the state’s economy. In...
by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2015 | News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, recently announced the winners of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition. The two winning development teams were granted a...
by Web Editor | Aug 31, 2015 | News
Beginning as a promising year for the wood products industry in Montana, with modest gains expected as the housing industry continues to bounce back from the recession, 2015 has lost a good deal of its momentum for lumber producers, while plywood and fiberboard...
by Web Editor | Dec 17, 2014 | News
Wood grinders hummed and blades whirred under the weak winter sun Thursday afternoon as 12 men hustled to transform dozens of ponderosa pine logs into boards, wood chips and sawdust at Newpac Fibre. The Williams-based sawmill is heading into its third month of...
by Web Editor | Nov 24, 2014 | News
A recent executive order signed by Gov. Steve Bullock recognizes Montana’s wood products industry by calling for more use of wood and other indigenous, renewable products in state building projects. Bullock cited his “Forest in Focus” initiative in his Oct. 17 order,...
