Sustainability Stories

There’s no telling what someone might find on our millions of acres of timberlands. From vital wildlife habitats to historic and culturally significant sites, there’s a little of everything. We’ve been cataloging and protecting these areas for decades, and we’re still making discoveries. ... Read More

For the third consecutive year, members of our Corporate Development organization were among the thousands who traveled to New York City last month for one of the world’s largest and most important climate gatherings, Climate Week NYC. The annual event overlaps with the United Nations General Assembly and serves as an opportunity for leaders in the public and private sectors to raise awareness and engage in important conversations around the global response to climate change. More than 1,000 official events were held across the city from Sept. 21 to 28, making this year’s Climate Week NYC the largest in its 16-year history. Weyerhaeuser’s contingent — including Paul Hossain, senior vice president and chief development officer; Alicia Robbins, vice president, Natural Climate Solutions and Business Development; Ara Erickson, vice president, Corporate Sustainability; and Vaughan Andrews, senior manager, sustainability — were in the middle of the action, traversing the city to participate in more than a half dozen formal speaking opportunities and countless other meetings, forums and networking events in support of our business and sustainability objectives. ... Read More

On Saturday, May 3, a routine equipment delivery turned into an emergency response. Contractor Greg Broadway and his team from G&H Broadway Logging, Inc. had just arrived at our Craven 16 - Big-P South tract in Craven County, North Carolina, to move a cutter to the site for a thinning job. ... Read More

At our Longview, Washington, export yard, we’re making room for the future — literally. This summer, our team began dismantling one of two aging berths on our Columbia River dock to make way for a brand-new structure designed to support our log export business for the next century. ... Read More

Weyerhaeuser recently sold more than 3,000 acres in Multnomah County, Oregon, to the Trust for Public Land, which transferred the parcel to Oregon State University. But it was no ordinary land sale. It was a landmark conservation deal 10 years in the making that’s expected to have positive ripple effects for decades to come. ... Read More