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How Canadian Timberlands Teams Prepare for Wildfire Season — Before It Starts

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
May 19, 2026

Leaning Into Automation to Create a Safer, More Sustainable Workload

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
May 11, 2026

Curious Contractor Spots Rare Plant Species in Our Washington Timberlands

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
May 1, 2026

Hudson Bay Finds Sustainable Solution for Ash Residuals That Benefits Local Crops

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
March 18, 2026

New THRIVE Initiative Seeks to Add Attainable Workforce Housing in Washington — and Beyond

In Raymond, Washington, where we’ve operated a lumber mill since the 1930s and owned timberland in the surrounding Willapa Hills for even longer, finding a home can be more of a challenge than buying one. ... Read More
March 16, 2026