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Dumping hoppers are a fixture at our Panels facilities — they’re affixed to forklifts and used daily to move ash, sawdust and other materials around the site. But each time an operator dumped the hopper’s load, they had to climb out of the forklift and manually work the latch — exposing them to multiple potential hazards, that could result in slips, trips and falls or even finger amputation. ... Read More

As winter loosens its grip across our Canadian timberlands, another season quickly comes into focus — wildfire season — and spring offers a critical window to transition and prepare for drier conditions. Across regions, our teams update plans, test equipment, refresh training and reconnect with partners. The goal is simple: be ready to act before the first spark. ... Read More

When the manager of Cindy Rucker’s log team retired, they didn’t just leave a vacancy. They left a team of 18 people in varying states of transition — some brand new, some reassigned to different regions, some stepping into leadership roles for the first time. Overnight, a system that had worked well for years stopped working. ... Read More

It’s not every day that a routine inventory cruise uncovers something that changes our scientific understanding of a plant’s distribution in the Pacific Northwest. But that’s exactly what happened last spring on our Vail tree farm in Washington when a timber cruiser with Olympic Forestry spied a small purple flower that looked unique enough to report. ... Read More

When our OSB mill in Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan, faced the challenge of disposing of two years’ worth of ash, the team developed a solution inspired by similar work at our OSB mill in Edson, Alberta, seven years earlier, when Edson had successfully supplied local farmers with ash as an agricultural additive to neutralize acidic soil. ... Read More