Company Uses Drones to Reseed After Fire
DroneSeed is a Seattle-based startup that claims it can begin to restore thousands of acres of wildfire-ravaged land just 30 days after the fire...
Bill Would Give Tax Break to Forest Owners
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced legislation to help America’s landowners recover from the loss of timber after...
Fecon Adds Distributor
Ohio-based Fecon has appointed Linder Industrial Machinery as a new stocking distributor serving Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
Linder will offer the full lineup...
West Fraser Buys OSB Mill
West Fraser announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Georgia Pacific’s oriented strand board (OSB) mill near Allendale, South Carolina for...
Impact of California Fires Will Be Long-Lasting
Increasingly large and devastating wildfires have altered California’s iconic forests — altered them for perhaps centuries to come, according to some experts.
Exacerbated by decades...
Bill Would Let Teens Train for Logging in Family Businesses
Maine’s congressional delegation has reintroduced legislation to allow owners of small logging businesses to train teenage family members to work in the industry.
The Future...
Caterpillar Engines Power Equipment
Caterpillar Cat® engines are used to power a number of different brands of machines manufactured for the forest products industry.
The Hogzilla TC Series Monster...
TimberPro Expanding Factory
TimberPro, a manufacturer of forestry equipment, will significantly expand its factory in Shawano, Wisconsin. The $8 million construction project will add more than 48,000...
Cleereman Debarker Built for Heavy Duty
The Cleereman Industries HD 852 Rosser head debarker is designed and built for extremely heavy duty service and features numerous improvements to this type...
Fire Relief Fund Aids Oregon Loggers
The Oregon Logging Conference has launched a ‘fire relief fund’ for loggers who suffered losses caused by catastrophic forest fires in 2020. The organization...