The nation's 504 million acres of timberland, home to wildlife and the source of everything from deck frames to copy paper, have been the focus of a massive multi-year auction, the outcome of which is set to change the rules for wood companies and conservationists alike. The nation's 504 million acres of timberland, home to wildlife and the source of everything from deck frames to copy paper, have been the focus of a massive multi-year auction, the outcome of which is set to change the...

Importers also used forged documents which claimed the logs came from Malaysia, despite the fact that much of the merbau has already been logged out of that country. China's booming furniture industry and soaring demand for luxury goods is fuelling illegal logging of thousands of cubic metres of tropical hardwoods in South-East Asia, environmental group Greenpeace says. It said Chinese importers were evading an Indonesian ban on the hardwood known as "merbau" by labeling it as sawn timber....

Released on Wednesday by Greenpeace International in the run-up to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring meetings this weekend, the report documents the extreme social and environmental damage caused by large-scale logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Released on Wednesday by Greenpeace International in the run-up to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring meetings this weekend, the report documents the extreme social and environmental damage...

The main reason there were not any shifts in the industrial side of the softwood market is because the market already has found sellers resistance levels. The Western grade softwood market has behaved in very hit-and-miss fashion so far this year, and the grade market has not yet begun its traditional spring upturn. This has kept industrial grades of softwood in abundant supply. Industrial softwood pricing has been very steady despite supply-demand fundamentals that would seem to point the...

Today's markets Highs and lows Mutual fund finder Mar 30, 2007 05:14 PM Ross Marowits Canadian press MONTREALQuebec's battered forestry industry suffered another heavy blow Friday when Kruger inc. announced plans to indefinitely idle four sawmills and one planer as it sheds 1,027 jobs in three regions of the province. Today's markets Highs and lows Mutual fund finder Mar 30, 2007 05:14 PM Ross Marowits Canadian press MONTREALQuebec's battered forestry industry suffered another heavy blow...

We rely on these experts to determine when a forest must be cleared for the best forest regeneration and long-term forest health. These are the people we employ to determine the best ways to rehabilitate forests that were logged by previous landowners who had a shorter-term view of forest ownership than we do. Sierra Pacific employs trained professional foresters and biologists who are on the ground monitoring and caring for our forests. During and after timber harvesting, the state...