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Weyerhaeuser Launches Thrive Program

Weyerhaeuser Launches Thrive Program

Weyerhaeuser Co. has launched a program that will provide targeted support to five of its rural operating communities, starting with Zwolle, La., and the northwest Louisiana region. The new program, called Thrive, involves a commitment from…

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RoyOMartin Hosts 100 Year Celebration

RoyOMartin Hosts 100 Year Celebration

On November 10 RoyOMartin celebrated the founding of Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., which was legally organized and incorporated in Alexandria, La. in 1923. Led by Indiana native Roy O. Martin, Sr., the company was started after the entrepreneur’s…

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Highland Pellets Expanding To Mississippi

Highland Pellets Expanding To Mississippi

In late October Highland Grenada, LLC, an affiliate of Highland Pellets, LLC, announced the pending purchase of the former Georgeia-Pacific OSB mill site to build a new export pellet plant. According to news reports, the new plant will be a “replica” of…

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Texas Seeks Higher BMP Compliance

Texas Seeks Higher BMP Compliance

In a recent report in the Texas Logger newsletter from the Texas Logging Council, the state Texas Forest Service (TFS) noted rates of state timber harvesting Best Management Practices (BMPs) compliance, officials with the Texas Forest Service say…

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IP Closure Announcement Continues Market Shift

IP Closure Announcement Continues Market Shift

The pulp and paper industry continues its painful supply side market shift as officials with International Paper in late October announced the company will permanently close its containerboard mill in Orange, Tex., and will permanently cease…

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Louisiana Grapples With Largest Ever Wildfire

Louisiana Grapples With Largest Ever Wildfire

The arson-caused Tiger Island Fire in Louisiana is the state’s largest on record at 31,000 acres and was 50% contained in early September, according to news reports. The wildfire is one of almost 600 wildland fires that have burned in the state in…

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