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Weyerhaeuser Co. entered into two agreements with Forest Investment Associates to divest 69,600 acres in upstate South Carolina for $170 million, and to purchase 60,700 acres of high-quality timberlands in coastal North Carolina, South Carolina and…

Weyerhaeuser Co. has launched a program that will provide targeted support to five of its rural operating communities, starting with Zwolle, La., and the northwest Louisiana region. The new program, called Thrive, involves a commitment from…

On November 10 RoyOMartin celebrated the founding of Roy O. Martin Lumber Co., which was legally organized and incorporated in Alexandria, La. in 1923. Led by Indiana native Roy O. Martin, Sr., the company was started after the entrepreneur’s…

In late October Highland Grenada, LLC, an affiliate of Highland Pellets, LLC, announced the pending purchase of the former Georgeia-Pacific OSB mill site to build a new export pellet plant. According to news reports, the new plant will be a “replica” of…

In a recent report in the Texas Logger newsletter from the Texas Logging Council, the state Texas Forest Service (TFS) noted rates of state timber harvesting Best Management Practices (BMPs) compliance, officials with the Texas Forest Service say…

The pulp and paper industry continues its painful supply side market shift as officials with International Paper in late October announced the company will permanently close its containerboard mill in Orange, Tex., and will permanently cease…