Weekly WrapUp 5/15/24

TIGHT OPERATING MARGINS: Timber industry warns Plummer mill closure has grave implications. MORE HERE KOOTENAI COUNTY ON THE LIST: Forest Service announces Forest Legacy 2024 funded projects. MORE HERE 41ST ANNUAL: Idaho State Forestry Contest winners announced. MORE...

Weekly WrapUp 5/1/24

RADICAL AGENDA: Lawmakers to examine influence of ‘extreme’ environmental activist groups in the Interior Department. MORE HERE VIDEO: Inside America’s mass timber movement. MORE HERE USFS CHIEF: All signs point to a very active 2024 fire year. MORE HERE IDAHO...

Weekly WrapUp 4/17/24

OVERGROWTH: Montana facing a forest health crisis. MORE HERE RIPPLE: Sawmills are closing. How does that effect us? MORE HERE MULTIYEAR PROJECT: Timber work resumes near Hayden. MORE HERE USDA: Forest Service invests more than $232M to support schools, roads, other...

Weekly WrapUp 4/10/24

WOLF MANAGEMENT: Groups go to court to get wolves relisted in Montana and Idaho. MORE HERE OPINION: Natural forest management is forest mismanagement. MORE HERE BROADER CONTROVERSY: Timber industry won’t concede defeat in national monument battle, experts say....

Weekly WrapUp 3/27/24

CUMULATIVE IMPACTS: The dismantling of the American timber industry: American Loggers Council warns of consequences. MORE HERE DOWNSIDE: Missoula-area wood industry closures mean ripple effects for workers, tax base, forest management. MORE HERE FEMALE LAND MANAGERS:...

Weekly WrapUp 3/20/24

MARCH 29 CLOSURE: Pyramid Mountain Lumber discusses mill closure impacts in Seeley Lake town hall. MORE HERE NEW OWNERS: Inland Forest Management officials discuss sale of consultation business. MORE HERE ACTIVE ROLE: Crapo joins bill blocking Biden’s misguided...