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, ...

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 ...

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" ...

Mark Elston followed his father into the timber industry back when business was booming. "When I started, you could really mess things up and still make good money," he said. "You can't do that ...

SEELEY LAKE, Mont. — It’s a moment months in the making, crews at Pyramid Mountain Lumber in Seeley Lake loaded and cut the last log in their inventory Tuesday. “We've never been out of logs, so never ...

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 ...