timber industry

In letters to the Department of Workforce Development dated August 1st, Besse announced it would be closing facilities in Goodman, Mattoon, and Rice Lake. The facilities closed the next day.

Millions of dollars in road funding are coming to Northwoods counties with a specific focus on roads that support the agriculture and timber industries.It’s part of the first round of funding in the new Agricultural Roads Improvement Program.

In the fall of 1895, a team from the University of Wisconsin school of agriculture, including Dean William A. Henry, Madison photographer Harvey J. Perkins, and others, traveled to every county north of a line drawn from Green Bay to Hudson. They compiled information and photographs from cutover lands, and already existing farms, in an attempt to showcase the potential of the area.All this work was put into a 200 page booklet titled “Northern Wisconsin: A Handbook for the Home Seeker”.

At the end of September, the Environmental Law and Policy Center, along with 28 allied organizations, released a petition letter to the U.S. Forest Service.

Urban wood could help save the environment and small businesses at the same time

Timber professionals are beginning to receive pandemic assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but industry leaders question whether the $200 million in aid will be enough.

The timber industry was having issues before the COVID-19 pandemic.Tariffs from China were putting a strain on the industry.Then the pandemic hit, and…

The Timber Industry across the US has taken a hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.Loggers are getting paid less for their hauls. Papermills reduced their…