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Wildfire Season, North America 2016
Just as another terrible wild re season is upon Canada and the US, the Utah Department of Natural Resources’ newly developed, interactive site — www.utahwilfirerisk.com — allows users to search for and zoom into particular neighbor– hoods or recreation areas on a statewide map to see the wild re risk in that zone. It’s essentially…
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Drop in Oregon Timber Harvest: 2015
Oregon’s timber harvest dropped 8 per cent last year, said OPB News July 25. Before the great recession, Oregon was producing about 4 billion board feet of lumber a year. That dropped after the recession as people stopped building houses. But it’s been climbing and for the last few years it’s been above 4 billion…
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REO Inventory, US: 2Q 2016
Freddie Mac reported this week the amount of Real Estate Owned s (REO) inventory declined to 13,284 at the end of 2Q 2106 compared to 19,484 at the end of Q2 2015. For Freddie, this is down 82 per cent from the 74,897 peak number of REOs in 3Q 2010. For Freddie, this is the…
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US Private Residential Construction Spending: June 2016
The National Association of Home Builders analysis of Census Construction Spending data released Monday shows that total private residential construction spending for June registered a seasonally adjusted rate of US$445.8 billion, virtually unchanged from the May downwardly revised estimate. Private nonresidential construction spending fell for a third consecutive month in June, down by 1.3 per…
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Madison’s Canadian Lumber Directory Listings
No Other Directory Contains So Much Valuable Information! Let Madison’s help you find all the lumber you need! Madison’s 2013 Online Lumber Directory is far more than just a list of names and addresses. It is the most expertly researched and thoroughly cross-referenced directory available on the Canadian forest industry. Madison’s shows you who produces…
