Announcing a grant application opportunity for the second round of grant funding from the US Forest Service  ‘Hazardo...

American Trucking Association (ATA) has its  Women in Motion (WIM) Survey  that’s now live thru April 18! ...

A recent blog by Kyle Freres points out how US lumber tariffs have been around for a long time.  He references a U...

American Trucking Association (ATA) has its  Women in Motion (WIM) Survey  that’s now live thru April 18! ...

The US economy is currently  on stable footing , as reported by the Economic Policy Institute (1/17/25). Inflatio...

A recent Forisk Blog highlights the top 10 lumber producers in North America and the US.  The list includes some...

Can the small business economy finally turn-around in 2025? National Federation of Independent Business Economist Bill D...

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Russell Vought to lead the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the federal ov...

Associated Oregon Loggers' Workforce Development and Scholarship Committee offers two types of valuable scholarships for m...

With 40,990 traffic deaths in the U.S. last year, the lowest over a three-year period—that is still over 8,000 higher than...

You can find information for Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) about advisory committee meetings on ODOT’s "Get...

The  Alternative Approaches to Woody Residue Management   demonstration planned for October 9 near Corvalli...

There are certain things that you must have on your timecards— to make sure you are accurately reporting hours and work ty...

T he US Forest Service is now accepting applications from private business for its Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistan...

With Oregon wildfires currently burning across the state’s range-farm-forest lands, we want to share our gratitude and ack...

As of July 18, there were 57 large wildfires being fought nationwide, actively burning over one million acres, nearly all...

The US House Appropriations Committee passed (33-26) the  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) FY2025 Spending Bill...

Running a business in 2024 is far different then running a business in 2004. Finances, rules and regulations, laws, polici...

Oregon Business & Industry trade association (OBI) released its first annual  ‘Oregon Competitiveness Book’ , sho...

The Port of Portland  recently announced  it was closing container service operations at Terminal 6 (T6) ef...

This past Tuesday, 4/23/24, the Federal Timber Purchasers Committee hosted a webinar on USFS Service Contracting. If you w...

Four Oregon sawmill closures in 2024 respond to weak lumber prices, unreliable public timber supplies, high log costs, and...

US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.4% in February 2024, or a 12-month rise to 3.2%, the highest monthly jump in five...

Government policies that seek in the next decade to replace gas- and diesel-powered vehicles with electric vehicles would...

Freres Engineered Wood’s Mass Ply Panels , a “mass timber” building material, won the inaugural contest, ‘Coolest Thing in...

Hampton Lumber on January 9th announced the indefinite closure of its Banks sawmill, where operations had been curtailed s...

Oregon has more construction workers than at any time in the state’s history.  And the industry is positioned to add...

A 51-story residential tower built with a hybrid wood structure is proposed in Perth, Australia.  The 617-foot tall,...

From December through February for Oregon, NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration) predicts warmer temper...

October 16 begins National Forest Products Week, and our industry is thriving and branching out in its sustainable achieve...

Among small to mid-sized, privately held businesses, logging contractors rank as some of the most capital-intensive. Logge...

Roseburg, Oregon produces a wide range of sustainable wood products – but those products are no good if they can’t get int...

Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) remained mostly flat in June, at a score of 66.0.  “Confidence in...