An emerging technology in lumber could have implications for the forestry industry. Mass timber is a process of strengthening ...

(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump is using executive orders to try to revive the American timber industry by increasing logging on public lands and rolling back environmental regulations. More ...

Days before new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China took effect earlier this month, President Trump issued two executive orders. One bemoaned America’s status as a net importer of lumber, ordering ...

Wisconsin has had several high-profile examples of mass timber building projects, including the Children’s Museum of Eau ...

BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. - Fifth-generation timber farmer Will Leonard and his wife, Morgan, found out they were pregnant with their first child one week before Hurricane Michael unleashed its Category ...

The Northwest was largely built on the timber industry’s fortunes, but for years the logging and saw mill business has been in decline. Tightened environmental regulations first wreaked havoc on the ...

This week started off on a celebratory note in Salem: environmentalists and timber groups struck a deal they hailed as historic, an agreement that would save the state from an epic and expensive ...

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ATLANTA — One year after Hurricane Helene ravaged Georgia, the state's timber industry is still grappling with the aftermath of the devastating storm. The hurricane didn't just uproot trees; it ...

The forestry sector—landowners, logging companies, and sawmills—has lost an estimated $1.1 billion in 2020. Devastating wildfires and Hurricane Laura have played a part, but the COVID-19 pandemic has ...