One Voice for Working Forests Blog

The forestry industry has launched a new effort to promote forests and the people who work in them. Walk in

We’ve written a couple times about a bill in the Legislature this year that will make it easier for forest

One of the Washington Legislature’s finest moves last year was to allocate $5.5 million for the construction of new classrooms

It was just a few weeks ago that we were talking to Jason Callahan, WFPA’s Director of Governmental Relations, about a

We have seen growing recognition in recent years of the importance of thinning forests and active forest management. We wrote

One of the takeways from last week’s second annual Mass Timber Conference (and a smaller accompanying event, the Mass Timber

We sat down recently with Jason Callahan, WFPA’s new Director of Governmental Relations. Before joining WFPA, Jason spent nearly 16

We write about Vaagen Brothers Lumber a lot because the company is such an innovator in forest collaboration and in

Great news to see a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers reintroduce legislation to increase the use of innovative wood products,

We are happy to report that the American Tree Farm System has given its 2017 National Outstanding Inspector of the

We last wrote about the Pacific Education Institute (PEI) in December, when it awarded ten $5,000 grants to Washington programs

As we’ve noted before, forest landowners have been the state leader in clearing fish passage barriers in Washington over the

It’s heartening to see some focus at the Washington State Capitol during this year’s legislative session on issues of forest

The Washington Legislature last year considered several reforms to the way the state fights wildfires, and it approved a pilot

President Trump has said he will allow the U.S. Forest Service to hire seasonal firefighters for this summer’s wildfire season.

New reports on the 2015 Twisp River Fire that killed three U.S. Forest Service firefighters suggest several lessons for battling

Cross-laminated timber has now arrived in one of the country’s major museums in Washington, D.C. The National Building Museum has

A new story from the Associated Press explores the critical role that Northwest companies are playing in the rise of

Given the towering evergreens of the Northwest, it’s not a surprise that trees from this region would often be chosen

The fisher, a large member of the weasel, mink and otter family, has returned to Washington in recent years after

For several years now we’ve followed the efforts in Congress to pass federal timber reform. None of those efforts have

Mark Doumit, the Executive Director of the Washington Forest Protection Association, and Bill Taylor, President of Taylor Shellfish, wrote in

Airplane fuel made from wood? We’ve been following the story closely over several years, including this post last year, and

Washington Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark is leaving office in January after announcing earlier this year that he wouldn’t run