NAHB is urging Congress to support the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act unveiled by House Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.).

The National Association of Home Builders is urging Congress to support draft legislation unveiled by House Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.).

International professionals from the forestry and timber industries can look forward to an energy-packed LIGNA fair from 6 to 10 May 2013 in Hannover, Germany. This year’s show will put the spotlight on wood, not just as a sought-after material for the construction and furniture industries but also as a highly effective, renewable energy carrier.

A sawmill revival, driven by home building recovery and exports to China, is driving a boom in hiring at timber and lumber manufacturing companies around the country.

Forestry and timber industry professionals around the world are counting down the days until LIGNA opens its gates on May 6.

Hampton Affiliates is rebuilding the British Columbia sawmill destroyed by fire in January.

California’s timber industry groups say they scored a big win with the passage by the California Assembly of AB 1492

A bill for California’s timber industry eliminates regulatory fees on California forest products companies, allowing extra time to harvest timber and preventing excessive civil liability for wildfires.

The Australian sawn timber industry is experiencing a temporary threat from imports as a result of a strong dollar and a global surplus of timber following the Global Financial Crisis, according to leading independent economic forecaster and industry analyst, BIS Shrapnel. In the two years to 2011, imports have increased by 30 per cent.

The slowing economy in China has reduced the importation of logs from New Zealand, Russia and the US by about 15 percent during the first six months of 2012. Prices for imported and domestic softwood logs in China have fallen this year by 14 percent and 10 percent, respectively as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly.