Kodiak Building Partners has grown to well over 100 locations in 25 states. The dealer is the 2023 ProDealer of the Year.

Researchers have developed a new method for the timber tracing toolbox by applying multi-element analysis to determine wood origin.

Temporary quarantine reinstated in Washington County aimed at slowing the spread of invasive emerald ash borer

A forest products company signed a letter of intent to purchase the facility for an alternate use.

Western Forest Products Inc. is temporarily reducing its lumber production over the next month by approximately 19 million board feet due to weak market conditions.

Wildfires continue to rage across Canada burning close to 5 million heactares of forestland, and are forcing some forestry companies to pause operations. Derek Nighbor, president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, told The Canadian Press "The impact is significant. it's really varying across the country." One of the companies forced to suspend operations is Montreal-headquartered Resolute Forest Products Inc.

The National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and the National Association of Home Builders hosted a trade delegation from the Québec government for in-depth discussions concerning softwood lumber trade negotiations between the United States and Canada.

The Biden-Harris Administration announced June 9 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $43 million to expand innovative uses of wood.

Open sharing of information about forests is of great importance to protect the climate and preserve biodiversity, according to a group of Lithuanian researchers who have embarked on a research project expected to last until 2029. Linnaeus University is running the Forest 4.0 initiative, an excellence center for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) in the forestry sector in Lithuania. The goal is to develop innovative solutions that encompass the entire process of modern forestry.

As April waned, the usual spring buying of construction framing softwood lumber had not yet materialized. Suppliers had plenty of inventory on hand for customers who continued to only order wood for immediate needs. As such, supply remained quite ahead of demand. Even as the days got progressively longer and the weather improved, there did not seem to be a boom in home building, as has been historically normal. Given that, the recent and ongoing production curtailments — especially in British Columbia — helped keep sawmill order files to within two or three weeks.