TimberWest Magazine

11/16/2024

Roseburg Forest Products has begun bringing its new pine lumber mill in Eastern North Carolina online.

Canadian-based Comact did the entire project, including design, construction of the mill buildings, and equipping the complex. Roseburg considered other partners for the project and also has its own internal engineering group. However, the company wanted a ‘turn key’ solution, and Compact offered that solution.

Read more about this exciting project in the recent issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️ https://forestnet.com/new-roseburg-sawmill-ramps-up/

11/13/2024

Where did the Northwest Forest Plan go wrong?🌲

The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan was designed to quell the decades-long ‘timber wars’ between loggers and environments. The plan placed 24 million acres of federal forests in Oregon, Washington, and northern California under a single management paradigm that was supposed to protect spotted owls and promote ecological, social, and economic stability for the next 100 years.

However, 30 years later it has failed to recover owl populations🦉

Learn more in our new issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️ https://forestnet.com/where-did-the-northwest-forest-plan-go-wrong/

11/05/2024

California Contractor Thompson Land Management Specializes in Fire-Related Forestry Services.

They are one of the forestry companies doing the critical work of helping to prevent the spread of wildfires as well as restoring burned land so it can be planted again to forest. A new TimberPro machine is helping the company tackle the specialty work🌲

Learn more about this critical work in the new issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️ https://forestnet.com/california-contractor-specializes-in-fire-related-forestry-services/

11/05/2024

🌲Restoring Rock Creek Ranch started with a vision.

Semi-retired Dave Howell's vision for growing a healthy forest and creating beneficial wildlife habitats on his very own Rock Creek Ranch in Idaho is coming to life! His overall goal is to manage the land for forestry, wildlife and agriculture while preserving its pristine open vistas.

It’s an undertaking that involves some small-scale logging operations, and he’s been able to see his vision come to fruition with the aid of Tajfun equipment.

Learn more about this exciting project in the new issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️ https://forestnet.com/idaho-rancher-restoring-the-land-and-the-forest/

11/01/2024

The new Roseburg Sawmill is Ramping up!

They have begun bringing their new pine lumber mill in Eastern North Carolina online. The new mill, which began operating as Roanoke Valley Lumber in February, is ramping up a second shift and will add a third in the future.

Roseburg is interested in business opportunities where it can produce wood products with vertically integrated operations and already has two other manufacturing facilities in the Southeast U.S. – in South Carolina and Arkansas.

Read more in our new issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️ https://forestnet.com/new-roseburg-sawmill-ramps-up/

10/31/2024

🚨NEW ISSUE ALERT! The latest issue of TimberWest Magazine is now online. Featuring:

🌲OREGON FELLER ADDS WINCH
Armstrong Contract Cutting using first TimberMAX T24HDX traction winch.

🌲NEW ROSEBURG MILL RUNNING
Comact turn-key project producing Southern Yellow Pine in North Carolina.

🌲RESTORING IDAHO RANCH
An Idaho rancher finds Tajfun Firewood Processor, Equipment a good fit for niche logging operation.

🌲FOCUS ON FIRE MITIGATION
Thompson Land Management adds new TimberPro to Fleet of Mulchers.

Check it out here: https://forestnet.com/timberwest/

10/25/2024

Sierra Pacific is in the third generation of ownership by the Emmerson family.

It was co-founded in 1949 by R. H. Emmerson and his son, A. A. ‘Red’ Emmerson, the long-term CEO, who now serves as president and chairman emeritus. Their first sawmill, financed with a $10,000 loan, was in Humboldt County. The company did business as R.H. Emmerson & Son until the name was changed to Sierra Pacific Industries in 1969.

Sierra Pacific is the largest private forestland owner in the U.S. and the largest private landholder in California. It owns and manages more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington. Sierra Pacific is the largest forest products company in California, with 1.9 million acres of timberlands, several manufacturing operations, and about 3,700 employees.

The company is the third-largest lumber manufacturer in the U.S., employing more than 6,200 people. It is also among the largest manufacturers of millwork, wood windows and doors, and biomass cogeneration energy. Read more👉️ https://forestnet.com/revamped-sierra-pacific-mill/

10/14/2024

Sierra Pacific Industries was faced with a tough decision about the future of its lumber mill in Chinese Camp, California. Instead of closing, a pivot to manufacturing fencing was the perfect solution!

The Chinese Camp mill facilities are located on 91 acres and comprise three buildings – the sawmill, a warehouse, and a machine shop. The operations employ 132 people.

The plant originally was a dimension lumber mill. In the years leading up to 2008, reduced timber harvesting on public land made operating the Chinese Camp mill difficult. Instead of closing the mill, Sierra Pacific converted it to manufacture fencing lumber.

Read more in the latest issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️ https://forestnet.com/revamped-sierra-pacific-mill/

10/10/2024

Reducing fuels in overcrowded forests in the Sierra Nevada region of California is crucial for forest health and their very survival. High Sierra Timber Management plays a big role in that effort by masticating small trees and brush, sending logs from sick and dying trees to sawmills, and chipping trees too small for making lumber. The company supplies much of the chips to power plants for biomass fuel to produce electricity.

High Sierra Timber Management is based in Twain Harte in north-central California, roughly 115 miles southeast of Sacramento. It provides a wide range of services for federal, state, and private land managers, such as traditional timber harvesting, thinning, clearing utility corridors, and assisting in wildfire suppression operations. This summer the company was working on a 1,000-acre tract north of Yosemite National Park that is a project for the Stanislaus National Forest. The project’s main goals are to increase forest resilience to wildfire and other natural disturbances, reduce the spread of invasive non-native plants, and provide economic opportunities to local communities.

“It’s a great project,” said Wesley Brinegar, the owner of High Sierra Timber Management. “It’s not going to solve all of our issues — these forests are extremely unhealthy — but the Forest Service is trying. It’s been a very long time since we’ve had this kind of effort, this kind of budget, for thinning and reducing fuels. It’s a really exciting time.”

Read more 👉️ https://forestnet.com/high-sierra-timber-management/

📸: Doosan 225 Road Builder at work with a Fecon BH-40 masticator attachment. High Sierra Timber Management can provide a wide range of services, such as traditional timber harvesting, thinning, clearing utility corridors, and wildfire mitigation.

10/06/2024

A conversation with Judi from Wood Hogs at the 2024 Timber Processing & Energy Expo.

09/29/2024

Diesel fuel expenses continue to be a significant concern in the forestry and logging industry. Rising fuel prices and their impact on profitability underscore the industry’s ongoing challenge to manage operating costs effectively. Fuel costs can represent a substantial portion of operating expenditures, especially when equipment is working in remote areas, requiring fuel to be transported longer distances.

The evolution of nonroad diesel engines has helped improve fuel economy. Manufacturers are also designing log loaders, excavators and dozers with new equipment technologies.

These include real-time fuel management systems, automatic engine start and stop features, and selectable power modes. The impact of these innovations can go beyond fuel saving; they also can increase equipment longevity and improve operational efficiency.

Advanced technologies are revolutionizing forestry and logging equipment, leading to significant gains in overall efficiency and optimized fuel consumption. There are several technologies of importance, read more in
the latest issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️https://forestnet.com/optimize-forestry-machinery-fuel-efficiency/

09/24/2024

09/24/2024

With declining timber harvests on public lands some years ago, Sierra Pacific Industries was faced with a tough decision about the future of its lumber mill in Chinese Camp, California.

However, instead of closing the sawmill, the company pivoted, retrofitting the plant to manufacture a different product; fencing. Today it is one of two Sierra Pacific mills manufacturing fencing material. The Chinese Camp mill made an important upgrade a couple of years ago, replacing an antiquated resaw with a new machine from Wisconsin-based McDonough Manufacturing Co.

Sierra Pacific is the largest private forestland owner in the U.S. and the largest private landholder in California. It owns and manages more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon and Washington.

Learn more in the latest issue of TimberWest Magazine 👉️ https://forestnet.com/revamped-sierra-pacific-mill/

09/15/2024

Ron Staley runs an award-winning logging business, but he says it’s his crew that deserves the recognition.

Staley’s experience in logging began when he was a teenager and helped his father in his logging and road construction business. A couple of years out of high school he married his wife, Tracey. They spent a season in a logging camp in Hoonah, Alaska, which he noted was a tough environment.

Today Ron Staley Enterprises has 12 employees. The current size of the business “makes life simpler and a little more enjoyable,” observed Staley, 58. The company strictly does contract logging. “We do not buy timber,” said Staley.

Learn how Ron and his crew go above and beyond for a clean job in the latest issue of TimberWest Magazine👉️https://forestnet.com/ron-staley-enterprises/

08/20/2024

Reducing fuels in overcrowded forests in the Sierra Nevada region of California is crucial for forest health and their very survival. High Sierra Timber Management plays a big role in that effort by masticating small trees and brush, sending logs from sick and dying trees to sawmills, and chipping trees too small for making lumber. The company supplies much of the chips to power plants for biomass fuel to produce electricity.

High Sierra Timber Management is based in Twain Harte in north-central California, roughly 115 miles southeast of Sacramento. It provides a wide range of services for federal, state, and private land managers, such as traditional timber harvesting, thinning, clearing utility corridors, and assisting in wildfire suppression operations. This summer the company was working on a 1,000-acre tract north of Yosemite National Park that is a project for the Stanislaus National Forest. The project’s main goals are to increase forest resilience to wildfire and other natural disturbances, reduce the spread of invasive non-native plants, and provide economic opportunities to local communities.

“It’s a great project,” said Wesley Brinegar, the owner of High Sierra Timber Management. “It’s not going to solve all of our issues — these forests are extremely unhealthy — but the Forest Service is trying. It’s been a very long time since we’ve had this kind of effort, this kind of budget, for thinning and reducing fuels. It’s a really exciting time.”

Read more 👉️ https://forestnet.com/high-sierra-timber-management/

08/12/2024

Check out the brand new issue of TimberWest Magazine, featuring:

🌲 2024-2025 Buyer's Guide & Directory
🌲 Ron Staley Enterprises
🌲 High Sierra Timber Management
🌲 Sierra Pacific's Chinese Camp, Californa Mill
& MORE

https://forestnet.com/timberwest/

07/24/2024

Picture a cord of firewood, a stack four feet tall by eight feet long and four feet wide. Now picture 1,000 cords. Placed side by side, they would cover 32,000 square feet, more than two-thirds of an acre. That’s how much firewood Chris Ivester and his Utah company, Ivester Tree, produced last year.⁠
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Of course, they didn’t cut and split all that firewood by hand. They had the help of a DYNA Products SC-16 Rapid Split firewood processor.⁠
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The company, with six employees in addition to Ivester and his son, Noah, 17, is based in Duchesne in northeast Utah, about 115 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Duchesne is south of the Ashley National Forest and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.⁠
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Ivester, 36, has done civil engineering, trucking, and tree service work. He began producing and selling firewood part-time in 2005, and it became a full-time business for him in 2021. He started his logging business in 2023.⁠
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Read about Ivester Tree in TimberWest Magazine 🪵
https://forestnet.com/utah-firewood-business-adds-logging-operations/

07/18/2024