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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

Marquess James grows seedlings — and recruits interns — in South Carolina

Marquess James has been planting things for as long as he can remember. “As a little kid, I used to help people in the community by planting flowers and vegetables for them,” he says. “I loved it, and I still do.” ... Read More
March 5, 2026

Growing Leaders Across the Northwest

Weyerhaeuser employees across the Northwest are stepping into a new generation of leadership development through three powerful state programs: Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership, or REAL, in Oregon and Montana, and AgForestry in Washington. ... Read More
March 2, 2026