by Forestnet | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2026
By Anthony Robinson, CEO & Owner, Forestnet Media After more than 50 years as a trusted voice in the forest sector, Logging & Sawmilling Journal, like the industry it represents, is evolving. Logging and Sawmilling Journal is transitioning to a new name:...
by Jim Stirling | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2026
In this second in a series of stories, veteran Forestnet Magazine contributing editor Jim Stirling takes a hard look at the issues that have brought the B.C. forest industry to a crisis point, where many community-supporting sawmills have been forced to shut down, and...
by Forestnet | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, March/April 2026
By Mark Smith, Partner, FEA; Research by Chari Gimenez, FEA Canada In 2024, total Canadian lumber shipments increased by 2.0 percent from 2023, having dropped by a combined 3.3 billion board feet in the preceding two years of 2022 and 2023. This provided some optimism...
by Jim Stirling | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, March/April 2026
As a B.C. logger, imagine relying on British Columbia Timber Sales exclusively to source all the wood your small log harvesting company requires and then selling the resulting lumber on the open market. Imagine doing that through a period when the independent Crown...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, DIY, Small Scale, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2026, Sawmill, Value Added
Faced with life and death five years ago when diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, 45-year-old Haley Cochrane spent a year in recovery, both in hospital and at home. He had plenty of time to think and what kept him occupied was a recurring desire to establish a...
by Paul MacDonald | Apr 28, 2026 | 2026, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2026, Sawmill, Value Added
Slowly, but surely, the residents of the Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles—the scene of one of the largest urban fires in California history—have started to rebuild. One of a series of wildfires in Southern California driven by powerful Santa Ana winds in 2025,...
