News in timber

International Paper (IP) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation are working with landowners in Texas to restore and manage forests through IP’s Forestlands Stewardship partnership. The Forestland Stewardship partnership was formed in 2013 to conserve and restore southern forestlands.

The BC forestry industry employs more than 43,000 people and makes up 29% of the province’s total commodity export value. Overall, the sector generates over $13 billion (CAD) in GDP annually. The importance of the BC forestry industry is crucial for the long-term sustainability and livelihood of many residents.

Directors of nine South Carolina and federal agencies held a shared stewardship agreement signing ceremony last week at Harbison State Forest. The pact establishes a framework to improve collaboration and effectively respond to the increasing ecological challenges and natural resource concerns.

According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, a series of tornadoes tracked across Northeast Texas on November 4th damaged timber across more than 10,000 acres. The storms destroyed an estimated $13 million worth of timber. Most of the damage to timber was on private property.

Representatives of the Alabama Wildlife Federation and the Westervelt Company unveiled “Westervelt Forest” with a ribbon cutting ceremony on December 6th. The seventy-acre working forest and wildlife demonstration area, located at AWF State Headquarters in Millbrook, Alabama, will be viewable to the 50,000+ annual visitors.

According to the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), logging in Oregon’s state forests produced more than $97 million in revenue for country and state governments in 2022. Oregon currently distributes about two-thirds of the timber revenues from state forests to surrounding counties under a management agreement.

In 2017, FPInnvoation’s Steep Slope Initiative research described the evolution of steep slope harvesting in Canada and the associated challenges that such a process would bring. Five years later, that research remains ongoing. Winch-assist technology is one suggested technique.

Denbury, an independent energy company with operations and assets focused on Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS) and Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), and Weyerhaeuser announced on Monday an agreement for the evaluation and potential development of a CO2 sequestration site in Mississippi.

In mandate letters to his land stewardship and forestry ministers, recently elected BC Premier David Eby says he wants to double the amount of protected land in the province, support new Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, and move faster on recommendations around the logging of old growth trees.