Montana based sawmills are reporting that sawlog prices are reaching close to historic levels. F.H. Stoltze Land and Resource Manager Paul McKenzie in an interview with the Flathead Beacon newspaper said, “The product demand has increased dramatically in general forest products.”
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Archie Creek Wildfire Timber Salvage Underway
In what is reminiscent of the mid to late 1980’s, log trucks and personnel carriers are running in caravans up and down the North Umpqua River corridor in Douglas County Oregon. They are not harvesting trees from the forest, but instead are working tirelessly to salvage as much wildfire damaged timber as possible.
Montreal Economic Institute Economist Suggests Quebec Increase the Harvest of Provincial Forestlands
Miguel Ouellette, a Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) economist and director of operations has written an economic note titled “Quebec Forests: Rural Regions Lose Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year.”
Oregon’s Private Landowners Face Long Road to Recovery After 2020 Wildfire Season
According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, more than a million were charred across the state during the 2020 fire season, including 374,353 acres of private industrial and on-industrial land.
Idaho Timber Industry Key Role Player in the State and Nation
Idaho’s timber industry continues to play a key role in the state’s economy.
Growing Alberta’s Forest Sector Amendment Act 2020 Passes First Reading in Provincial Legislature
The new Growing Alberta’s Forest Sector Amendment Act 2020 has passed its first reading in the provincial legislature. The bill would replace the existing Forests Act, which has not been updated since 1971.
Oregon Wildfires Hit Logging Companies and Their Families Hard
The wildfires in Oregon continue to smolder and some are still burning.
The United Kingdom Urges Timber Traders to Prepare for Changes Effective at End of 2020
New due diligence checks to ensure timber and timber products have not been illegally harvested will be required by UK.
Significant Improvements to New Brunswick Wood Market Benchmark Announced
According to Auditor General Kim Adair-MacPherson, a major irritant that helped to provoke US tariffs has been fixed and with it a potential lifeline to the New Brunswick (NB) forest industry. Her report released on Tuesday (10/20) says the province now has a better system for accurately calculating sales to mills from private woodlots, a benchmark that helps set royalties paid for timber from publicly owned Crown lands.
New Brunswick Woodlot Owners Want Changes in Crown Log Pricing
According to Rick Doucett, the president of the New Brunswick Federation of Woodlot Owners, the royalties paid to woodlot owners for raw materials have not increased during the pandemic even as the price of finished lumber has gone up.