B.C. Forest Minster Doug Donaldson said on Thursday (4/30) that the provincial government will not collect stumpage fees for the next three months.
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Oregon’s Forests Forever Group Asks Gov. Brown to Delay Corporate Activity Tax
Oregon’s timber industry, along with the rural business community is urging state lawmakers and Gov Kate Brown to temporarily suspend the recently approved new Corporate Activity Tax for 6-months to help business hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Explosion and Fire Reported at Androscoggin Mill, in Jay Maine.
An explosion and fire was reported about noon today (4/15) at the Androscoggin Mill, in Jay Maine. According to an […]
Enviva, the World’s Largest Industrial Pellet Manufacturer Ramps Up Production in the Southeast
The world’s largest producer of industrial pellets, Enviva, is reporting that their plant in Hamlet N.C. is continuing to ramp […]
Weyerhaeuser Reports Sale of Montana Timberland Completed
Weyerhaeuser has announced that they have completed the sale of 630K acres of Montana timberlands to Southern Pine Plantations for […]
Warming Could Change What New Brunswick Forests Look Like at End of this Century
A scientist with the Canadian Forest Service in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, Anthony Taylor, published a research paper in January […]
British Columbia Government Approves Vavenby Forest Tenure Transfer from Canfor to Interfor
The long-awaited transfer of Vavenby forest tenure from Canfor to Interfor was finally announced on Friday afternoon (2/28/20) by the […]
Central European Forest Damaged by the Spruce Bark Beetle Greater than Anticipated
Data supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture in Germany indicates that more forests have been destroyed in both countries than […]
Log Exports from Gisborne, New Zealand Temporarily Halted due to Coronavirus fears
Several companies exporting logs from Eastland Port have announced the temporary stop to all log exports due to the coronavirus […]
New Zealand Log Exports threatened by Impacts of Coronavirus
Quarantines and extended holidays aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus in mainland China are also threatening international log […]