Recent announcements by Weyerhaeuser and International Paper to invest in their respective Louisiana laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and paper and linerboard mill facilities are welcome news in a state that’s seen its forest resources battered…
Ingka Group, a major franchise partner in the IKEA system, operating 380 IKEA stores in 31 countries, has acquired nearly 11,000 acres located in southeast Georgia near the Altamaha River Basin from The Conservation Fund….
Idaho Forest Group (IFG) is building a sawmill in Lumberton, Miss. in Lamar County. The project is a $120 million corporate investment and will create up to 135 jobs. Headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, IFG…
The new John Deere 953ML shovel logger provides a purpose-built solution for loggers operating in wetland and swamp conditions. The 953ML is equipped to help loggers outmaneuver muck, tackling challenging job sites with its powerful…
Bandit Industries has expanded its agreement with Crouse Truck Parts and Equipment to represent sales, service and support of Bandit’s horizontal grinders and whole tree chippers for the state of Arkansas. “We couldn’t be happier…
Hankins Lumber is building a timbers sawmill in Grenada County, Miss. The project is a $12.5 million investment and will create 43 jobs. It’s expected to operational in the spring. The new Hankins Timbers operation…
America’s loggers will have an opportunity to receive much needed assistance to offset losses experienced due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020, which passed by a bi-partisan vote in both…
American-made Battery Operated Barriers are designed to keep unauthorized vehicles out while easily letting logging vehicles pass. The portable gates are also used for security, staging, parking, during emergencies, and for numerous day-to-day applications as…
Austria-based Binderholz Group has purchased, through auction, the bankrupt Klausner Lumber Two LLC sawmill operation in Enfield, NC for $83.4 million. Binderholz had already purchased, at auction in August, the bankrupt Klausner Lumber One LLC…
Tolko Industries (U.S.) Ltd. and Jasper Lumber Co. announced a 50-50 joint-venture partnership in Jasper’s existing southern yellow pine sawmill, shavings, chipping and trucking operations in Jasper, Ala., with plans to expand lumber production. The…
Texas Forestry Association (TFA) presented Deaven Futral, owner and operator of Southern Logging, LLC, with the Outstanding Logger of the Year award during the organization’s virtual annual conference held in late October at their headquarters…
Training with professionals, students in the Glenville State College (GSC) Department of Land Resources timber harvesting course recently participated in the West Virginia Division of Forestry’s (WVDOF) Timber Felling and Chainsaw Safety Workshop on the…
