The Price Companies will install a Valmet wood handling line in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, increasing chipping capacity to 475 tons of roundwood per hour.
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Finch Paper Discontinues Pulp Production at Glens Falls, NY, Mill
Finch Paper will end pulp production at its Glens Falls, New York, mill and buy pulp on the open market, reducing demand for logs across the Northeast, PaperAge reported.
Wildfires Impact Canada From Coast-to-Coast
Wildfires are forcing evacuations across Canada, while smoke has prompted air quality warnings and reached several major US cities, The Canadian Press reported.
US National Interagency Fire Center Wildfire Update for July 20
As of Monday, July 20, 74 large fires were actively burning across the US. Year-to-date, 40,771 wildfires have burned 3,960,623 acres nationwide.
Canada Funds 12 Forest Sector Transformation Projects in Quebec
Canada is providing more than CA$17 million for 12 Quebec forest-sector projects focused on innovation, Indigenous participation, and export growth.
BC Expands Value-Added Manufacturing Program to Secure Fiber for Businesses
BC is expanding its Value-Added Manufacturing Program with a new category securing timber for custom cutters and processors.
US National Interagency Fire Center Wildfire Update for July 13
As of Monday, 46 uncontained large fires were burning across the US, with six new large fires reported. Year-to-date, 3,586,194 acres have burned.
US Bureau of Land Management Timber Sales Generate $10.7 Million in Q2
BLM generated more than $10.7 million from Q2 timber sales, selling 41 million board feet across 1,500 acres in Oregon and California.
Canada Funds Eight Saskatchewan Tree-Planting Projects
Canada highlights eight Saskatchewan projects receiving CA$24.5 million to plant more than five million trees through the 2 Billion Trees program.
Extended Drought and Heat Stress Arkansas Timber Industry
Drought and heat conditions are stressing Arkansas timber stands, while dry weather has opened hardwood bottomlands to expanded logging.