by Web Editor | Apr 18, 2016 | News
Oregon’s Warm Springs Forest Products Sawmill Closing Fifty years after acquiring a lumber mill on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, tribal leaders announced the permanent closure and impending bankruptcy and liquidation of the Warm Springs Forest Products...
by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2016 | News
This week, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced it is encouraging more responsibly sourced building materials by giving credit for wood from American Tree Farm System (ATFS) certified forests, and other credible forest certification systems such as the...
by Web Editor | Mar 28, 2016 | News
Seneca Sawmill in Eugene is more than halfway through a $60 million equipment upgrade to its complex off Highway 99. The improvements should be complete this September, Chief Executive Todd Payne said on Tuesday. The investment by the family-owned company allows...
by Web Editor | Mar 21, 2016 | News
The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region remains a key destination for American softwoods amid the increasing demand within the region’s booming construction and housing market, according to American Softwoods (AMSO). The promotional partnership formed by...
by Web Editor | Mar 18, 2016 | News
Global trade of softwood lumber reached a 10-year high in 2015, with lumber prices trending downward in many key markets over the course of the year, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. A majority of the 20 largest softwood lumber-consuming countries in the world...
by Web Editor | Mar 16, 2016 | News
Oregon’s Mary’s River Lumber Company Closes Mary’s River Lumber Co., which had 80 workers at a cedar sawmill in Philomath and a finishing plant in Corvallis, has ceased operations after 42 years. The closure came on Monday because of difficulties in finding suitable...
