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Softwood Lumber Board & USDA mass timber program expands to two cities

The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, is expanding its Accelerator Cities Program to advance affordable, sustainable building solutions through wood construction. Building on successful collaborations in major cities, the next phase of the initiative introduces new city-led programs in Portland, Oregon, and Santa Monica, California.

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Maine senators call for tariff relief in forest product industry

U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins are requesting tariff relief for Maine’s forest products industry. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, the Maine Senators called for prompt support to Maine’s forest product manufacturers.