Timber

Timber is one of Oregon’s oldest industries. We hear about the process of turning trees into building supplies.

Weyerhauser has begun using 10 trucks that run on compressed natural gas and plans to grow that number, phasing out most of the diesel fleet running out of its Goshen facility, just south of Eugene. The company is also buying natural gas from a producer that collects it from manure in an attempt to be more green while also controlling fuel costs.

The Bureau of Land Management’s state office in Oregon increased its timber sales in 2025, leading to one of its largest years for sales by board-feet and dollars in decades. Sales measured in board-feet and dollars were near-peak for the last 20+ years.

The company announced it is ending its production of hardwood plywood.

Statewide total timber sales for the month include 58.4 million board feet across 2,223 acres.

The owners of a Eugene sawmill will receive an estimated $6 million in new state tax exemptions.

The timber available represents roughly 54 million board feet on nearly 1,900 acres

The surprise move brings an abrupt end to a yearslong process to craft a nationwide plan that would better protect old trees that are increasingly threatened by climate change.

The $1 million grants will help the universities develop strategic plans for how to grow the region’s semiconductor and mass timber industries and improve its electrical grid.

A California timber products company says its purchase of Eugene-based Seneca is complete. Seneca was founded in Eugene in 1953. Today, the company…

A conservation group is taking legal action against the Bureau of Land Management for its proposed logging in Thurston Hills near Springfield. On Monday,…

A trial that begins today has the potential to be one of the more flashy cases to involve a logging dispute. The case pits 14 westside counties –…