by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Construction, Trade And Policy
New Hampshire lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require state-funded construction projects to specify American-sourced lumber — putting New Hampshire lumber producers ahead of Canadian competitors when the state builds. Senate Bill 529, which passed the Senate...
by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Mill Operations, Trade And Policy
The federal government is placing a $115.2 million bet on timber production as the solution to two converging crises: a shortage of domestic sawmill capacity and a surge in catastrophic wildfires on national forest lands. On March 23, 2026, the USDA announced...
by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Trade And Policy
A conservation easement covering more than 22,000 acres of Idaho timberland between Mount Spokane and Spirit Lake has permanently barred the land from residential and commercial development — while keeping the saws running. The deal, announced in late March 2026, is...
by Working Forest | Mar 29, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Trade And Policy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $25 million loan guarantee to fund a biomass gasification plant in Calaveras County, California — a project that will convert forestry waste from National Forest lands into synthetic natural gas while removing material...
by Working Forest | Mar 28, 2026 | News, Sustainability And Carbon, Wildfire
The charred stands left behind by British Columbia’s record wildfire seasons look like stranded value — timber that will rot if it isn’t harvested quickly. That logic has driven a province-wide push to log burned forests faster than ever before, with...
