Lumber shipments totaled $223.7 million in 2009, most of which left from the Seattle Customs District, which includes all ports in Washington with the exception of Longview. PORTLAND – Log exports ...

Lumber prices have slipped from the stratospheric highs seen earlier this year but the demand for Northwest logs is expected to remain healthy, experts say. After consistently hovering above $1,500 ...

TORONTO - Portable sawmill owners and operators can quickly scale logs, calculate the volume of sawn lumber and estimate the weight of logs using a free mobile app from Norwood. The Sawmill Calculator ...

Q. Is there someone who would cut nice poplar logs for timber? Darnestown A. Much like the local food movement, there is growing interest among woodworkers in building with local wood. Near you, ...

WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Lumber Coalition says it is "seriously concerned" by log export policy changes in British Columbia, especially an increase in the "fee in lieu of domestic manufacturing" ...

Driven by China's building boom, West Coast log and lumber exports jumped by 79 and 83 percent, respectively, in the first six months of 2011, according to researchers. Oregon log exports so far in ...

West Coast log and lumber exports increased 42% in 2011, led by increased demand from china. While total log and lumber exports were not a record, the amount going to China did set a record, said ...

Joe Wilp climbs a narrow ladder, seats himself in a little crow’s-nest chair, and pulls levers. A greedy metal claw plucks a rough-barked log at least 3 feet in diameter from the truck bed, swings it ...