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Vaagen Brothers Lumber is the largest private employer in Northeast Washington and a national leader in forest collaboration. The company

Congress is currently considering legislation that would legally confirm woody biomass as carbon neutral, a move that would be a

It’s the third weekend of October, which means it’s time to honor the forestry industry with National Forest Products Week.

We should always remember how critical Washington’s forest trust lands are to the funding of our schools, libraries and fire

Forest thinning is a valuable tool for managing forests that we write about a lot on this blog, including last

The importance of thinning forests and maintaining active management of the forests is a fact that’s been established even on

The histories of the timber industry and Washington are intertwined, so much so that one can’t separate them. The timber

Seattle Magazine has a long story on cross-laminated timber in its latest issue, laying out the next steps to make

We write regularly about the importance of educating young people about forestry (like this post in May) because it ultimately

A coalition of forestry companies and organizations (including the Washington Forest Protection Association) have launched a new website dedicated to

Wildfires are complicated, and it’s not just a matter of the fires breaking out and firefighters rushing in to put

Several U.S. senators from the Northwest say they are optimistic that legislation to end the practice of “fire borrowing” could

There is enormous promise in cross-laminated timber (CLT) for the Northwest timber industry. It seems like every week there is

Active forest management isn’t just about providing much-needed jobs to rural communities – it’s about keeping forests healthy. This is

The late environmental, tribal and civil rights leader Billy Frank Jr. has received many honors in the two years since

As wildfires continue to burn this summer, it’s all the more critical to recognize the importance of forest fuel reduction

Momentum continues to grow for federal timber reform, as evidenced by multiple exchanges during a hearing last month in the

As wildfires rage in California, Arizona and Montana, Wenatchee World columnist Tracy Warner is wondering when the inevitable shoe will

Lens, a new political and business news site in Washington, recently took a multi-tiered look at the state’s poor forest

Randy and Linda Lawffer, whose family has owned its tree farm in Clark County for more than a century, have

There is renewed promise for federal legislation that would end the practice of “fire borrowing,” and editorial boards are calling

There are so many positive developments each week in the use of cross-laminated timber to construct tall buildings that they

It’s not often enough in Washington that you hear stories about loggers near the urban Seattle area — forestry is

Young people, quite simply, are the future of forestry. Some of them may learn about the industry through their parents

Plenty of positive forestry developments in the last week at the two largest colleges in Washington – University of Washington