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Oregon Timber Harvest: 2014
Oregon’s timber harvest decreased slightly last year, ending a four-year run of gains that began after the Great Recession, the state Department of Forestry said Wednesday. The 4.13 billion board feet harvested in 2014 represents a 1.7 per cent decline from the year before. It was, however, the second consecutive year of more than 4…
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Sawmill Fires
Fire crews in Maple Ridge, BC, Friday morning knocked down an early morning fire at the Southcoast Reman lumber mill. Flames, sparks and smoke could be seen spitting out of a conveyor belt leading to the dust collection equipment. Maple Ridge firefighters used a ladder-mounted hose to extinguish most of the flames from above. As…
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North America Timber Update and Forecast
The latest data and analyses for North America timber usage is contradictory enough without a constantly changing landscape subject to politics and evolving title rights. Please see Page 7 for what happened in Québec this week with First Nations resource rights. Conference Board of Canada Otherwise, the Conference Board of Canada this week released a…
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North America Log and Lumber Markets
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Canada Housing Starts: June 2015
Canada’s June housing starts rose more than expected from May to an 11-month high. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts rose to 202,818 in June, compared to the downwardly revised 196,981 units in May, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation Thursday. Home Building and Permits, Canada Urban starts largely drove the…
