by Mary Bullwinkel | Jun 10, 2026 | 2026, Harvesting, May/June 2026, TimberWest Magazine, Trucking
BEND, Oregon – If there is one phrase that truly and literally describes Boulder Ridge Trucking and Logging, it is ‘all in the family.’ With 20 employees plus three owner-employees, all ground-based logging and trucking is done in-house. Using all company-owned...
by Forestnet | Jun 10, 2026 | 2026, Market Watch, May/June 2026, TimberWest Magazine
LUMBER PRICING, MARKET TRENDS As of May lumber futures fell below $600 per thousand board feet, settling around $560-580 (U.S.), driven by weak consumer sentiment and sluggish demand. While prices remain volatile, this represents a moderation from earlier in the year....
by Dawn Killough | Jun 10, 2026 | 2026, Fire Mitigation, Forest Management, May/June 2026, TimberWest Magazine
EUGENE, Oregon – Staton Forestry offers a unique mix of services for a forestry business. While the company has done a few small logging jobs, most of its recent work has been restoring floodplains and relocating riverbeds. “We’re dabbling in everything we can in the...
by Forestnet | Jun 10, 2026 | 2026, Industry News, May/June 2026
FERNDALE, California – The Redwood Region Logging Conference put its mark on a new location this year that generated positive feedback. The 88th annual event featured displays of logging and trucking equipment, a log loader competition, professional logger classes,...
by Forestnet | Jun 10, 2026 | 2026, May/June 2026, Sawmill, Supplier Newsline, TimberWest Magazine
Italian Drying Group, with two brands of lumber kilns and drying systems, Incomac and Nardi, has more than 50 years of experience supplying technology for drying, steaming, and heat-treating wood. Based in Montebelluna in northern Italy, it has more than 25,000 kilns...
by Dawn Killough | Jun 10, 2026 | 2026, Forest Management, May/June 2026, TimberWest Magazine
GRANTS PASS, Oregon — According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 67 deaths and 41 injuries related to forestry and logging occupations in 2024. In an effort to improve safety in the industry and bring back a dying art, logger Roy Hauser wrote a book...
