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It’s Not Lyme Disease: The Rapidly Rising Tick-Borne Illness Forestry Workers Need to Know
A rapidly rising tick-borne disease called anaplasmosis is spreading across Canada, transmitted by the same blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme.… read more…
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International Paper Temporarily Suspends Pine Hill, Alabama Mill After Weather Damages Roof Structure
International Paper suspended operations at its Pine Hill, Alabama mill on July 9, 2026, after a weather event damaged a… read more…
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Lumber Cost Decreases Offset by Operating Cost Gains
Canadian lumber prices are well off their pandemic peaks, but sawmill operators and lumber producers are discovering that falling commodity… read more…
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Wildfire Smoke Is a Major Public Health Threat — What Forestry Workers and Supervisors Need to Know
Medical experts are using language that forestry supervisors should not ignore. Here is what the science says about wildfire smoke… read more…
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Canada Invests $8M+ in Surrey Businesses to Boost Productivity — Mass Timber Hardware Maker Among Recipients
The federal government has committed over $8 million to Surrey businesses navigating trade disruption — with a mass timber connection… read more…
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Interfor Is Hiring Millwrights at Its Timmins Sawmill — Here’s What That Signals
Interfor is recruiting Industrial Millwrights at its Timmins, Ontario sawmill — a facility that has anchored Northern Ontario’s forestry sector… read more…
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Responsible Forestry Is One of the Most Effective Tools We Have Against Wildfire
Fires are now the largest single driver of forest loss globally, and nearly every record-breaking wildfire year has occurred since… read more…
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British Columbia Expands Value-Added Timber Program to Include Custom Processors
British Columbia has expanded the BC Timber Sales Value-Added Manufacturing Program to add a dedicated category for custom cutters and… read more…
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Pulp Mill to Trial New Lithium Processing Technique Using Crude Tall Oil
A Thunder Bay kraft mill is partnering with Rock Tech Lithium to test whether crude tall oil — a byproduct… read more…
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B.C. Forests Critic Stamer Takes Softwood Lumber Concerns Directly to U.S. Diplomats
B.C. Conservative MLA and Forests Critic Ward Stamer sat down with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra and Consul General Shawn Crowley… read more…
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B.C. Wildfire Crews Brace for Uptick in Fire Activity as Weather Heats Up Again
A weekend of rain and cooler temperatures offered a brief reprieve for BC wildfire crews, but fire managers are warning… read more…
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BC Designates 45,000-Hectare K’ih ts’aaʔdze Protection Area, Restricting Forestry for Four Years
The K’ih ts’aaʔdze Protection Area, established July 10, 2026, places approximately 45,000 hectares of Crown land in northeastern BC under… read more…
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World Cup Fans Hosted Under Timber Sky at New Freedom Mobile Arch in Vancouver
The Freedom Mobile Arch at Hastings Park sheltered up to 10,000 World Cup fans under a 105-metre starburst mass-timber canopy… read more…
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Housing Bill Becomes Law: What It Means for Lumber Demand
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law July 12, 2026, without Trump’s signature. With 45+ provisions targeting housing… read more…
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Tariffs Are Reshaping the 2026 Wood Products Market: A Segment-by-Segment Breakdown
Duties on Canadian lumber rose from 14% to 35% in 2025, then a 10% Section 232 tariff piled on. Mid-2026… read more…
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Trump’s ESA Rule Change Opens Forest Habitat to Logging
The Trump administration stripped habitat modification from the ESA’s definition of ‘harm,’ ending 50 years of protection. Logging on critical… read more…
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International Paper’s $360M North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) Purchase
International Paper (IP) has finalized a definitive agreement to acquire North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) from private equity firm One… read more…
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New Hampshire Backs US Lumber in State-Funded Construction
New Hampshire lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require state-funded construction projects to specify American-sourced lumber — putting New… read more…
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US Invests $115M in Eight States to Expand Timber Production
The federal government is placing a $115.2 million bet on timber production as the solution to two converging crises: a… read more…
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Conservation Easement Locks In 22,000 Acres of Idaho Timberland
A conservation easement covering more than 22,000 acres of Idaho timberland between Mount Spokane and Spirit Lake has permanently barred… read more…
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Biomass Gasification Gets $25M USDA Loan in California
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $25 million loan guarantee to fund a biomass gasification plant in Calaveras… read more…
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Salvage Logging BC Risks: Burned Trees Come at a Cost
BC mills processed over one million cubic metres of burned logs in 2024–25 — twice the prior year — as… read more…
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Mass Timber Construction 2026: Cut Costs and Carbon
Mass timber construction is expanding rapidly, with over 2,500 projects underway in the U.S. and industry growth of 20% per… read more…
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Wood to Gasoline: Pennsylvania Biomass Facility Nears Build
A Tioga County startup has completed validated engineering for a wood-to-gasoline facility designed to convert 1,000 tons of forest residues… read more…
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BC Forestry Crisis 2026: Tariffs, Policy, and Job Losses
British Columbia’s forestry sector has lost an estimated 15,000 jobs since 2022 and seen 21 permanent or indefinite mill closures… read more…