The largest forest in the Eastern U.S will be sold by Foley Timber and Land Company. Acquired in 1994 from Procter & Gamble, the approximately 561,000 acres is packed with cedar, oak, and other hardwoods.

Georgia-Pacific has acquired the Rocky Creek lumber operations in Mexia, Alabama, from RoyOMartin. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

What are the hot-selling wood species, and what's driving demand? Timber industry experts share their views.

The Home Depot reported sales of $19.2 billion for the fourth quarter, an 8.3 percent increase from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Comparable store sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 for U.S. stores were up 8.9 percent.

The Home Depot and Lowe's are hiring 110,000 workers for the busy spring remodeling and construction season. To help the new hires find things, Home Depot is equipping them with upgraded in-store mobile phone technology. Home Depot sales rose 8.3% to $19.2 billion.

Learn about increasing lumber yield through best practices in rough milling lumber and solid wood machining for small to medium woodshops. This free webcast goes live March 26 at 1:00 pm CST.

Russian exporters of logs and lumber had a good opportunity to increase shipments given the much-depreciated Russian Ruble. But log exports declined last quarter, and softwood sawlog exports rose just 2 to 3% in the 4th quarter of 2014. But 2015 should see increases.

UCS Forest Group of Companies will acquire the assets and ongoing business activities of the British Columbia business unit of White-Wood Distributors Ltd. UCS does business in Canada as Upper Canada Forest Products Ltd.

Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods (HLH LLC) is pleased to announce the addition of Andrew Callister as senior consultant