News in timber

The results from the Canadian Forest Industries (CFI) 2020 Contractor Survey, which was conducted during the months of April and May of 2020 has some interesting findings.

According to preliminary estimates from the LSU AgCenter, Hurricane Laura caused about $1.6 billion in losses to Louisiana’s agriculture and forestry industries.

assive statewide wildfires continue to ravage Oregon’s forestlands and their timber industry as well.

The U.S. Forest Service has conducted drone video surveillance of the Vernon unit of the Kisatchie National Forest, located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, that was severely damaged by Hurricane Laura.

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is closing, effective immediately, all of the lands it manages east of the Cascades to recreation due to high fire danger.

Fueled by high winds and an abundance of dry brush, the state of Washington continues to deal with wind-whipped wildfires that on Tuesday consumed more than 330,000 acres of brush and timber.

The peak of wildfire season is about to begin in California and before it starts the state has already set a record with 2 million acres burned so far this year. The previous record was set just two years ago.

As oil and gas prices plunged, the province of Alberta was suffering from a huge decline in revenue funds for their coffers. However, record high prices for construction paneling has created a resource, which for now, is helping to makeup some of those losses.

Early reports from Louisiana in areas battered by Hurricane Laura are indicating that forestland losses will be extensive. There are twisted trees and downed timber and a large-scale assessment is just now getting underway.

Although Hurricane Laura spared most of Texas from her damaging winds and flooding, some parts of Southeast Texas were not as fortunate.