Tigercat recently completed its drive-to-tree feller-buncher lineup with the release of the 718G. One of the last Tigercat machines to receive a Tigercat FPT Tier 4 engine, it was a challenge to package the additional…
A U.S. District Court Judge rejected an appeal and upheld a 2018 ruling ordering Timberline South of Gaylord, Mich. to pay $878,874 in back wages and liquidated damages to 50 employees for violations of the overtime and…
All 15 of Tennessee’s state forests are now certified to the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Forest Management Standard. The Tennessee Dept. of Agriculture’s Div. of Forestry recently announced that all state forests—covering 168,359 acres—passed the…
Research by the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources shows that log hauling and trucking operations are inherently safer when able to use interstate highway routes as much as possible. The findings bolster support for…
Oak Valley Hardwoods, Inc. a sawmill, veneer and plywood company with eight locations in North Carolina and Virginia, is ceasing operations and has chosen Bright Star Realty and Auctions, LLC to liquidate their equipment. Items…
GET INVOLVED: A group of logging and trucking associations from around the country representing 34 states, including the American Loggers Council (ALC), have launched a campaign to garner attention from Congress, the U.S. Senate and…
Following several years of below capacity operation and much controversy, Klausner Lumber One LLC, including its southern yellow pine sawmill in Live Oak, Fla., has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court,…
The $1.8 billion Chinese pulp mill anticipated for a site near Arkadelphia, Ark. is officially terminated. Andrzej Bednarski, International Project Director of Shandong Sun Paper Co., Ltd., confirmed the development in a letter to the state of…
Drax Biomass is donating $30,000 to help families and businesses in northeastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi who have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis as well as the April 12 tornadoes that touched down in the Monroe…
The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute, the Carolina Loggers Association (CLA), and the North Carolina Forestry Association (NCFA) are working together to create a series of social media posts to help keep loggers safe. Dr. Robin…
Norman Kittell Martin, who guided Roy O. Martin Lumber into cutting-edge forestry and conservation in the 1950s and 1960s, died March 10 surrounded by his family in Kansas City. He was 93. He was born in Alexandria,…
John Deere, in collaboration with the United Auto Workers (UAW), the Iowa Department of Homeland Security and the Illinois Manufacturers’ Assn., announced it is producing protective face shields at John Deere Seeding Group in Moline, Ill….
