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Peter Yoneshige Moves From Fast Food to Forest Products

When you ask Peter Yoneshige, operations supervisor at our distribution center in Tacoma, Washington, about his Weyerhaeuser career, he says it fell into his lap.
and grow his responsibilities. Then in 2022
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With Its First Tenant, Our North Florida Mega Industrial Park Marks a Major Milestone

In March, our North Florida Mega Industrial Park welcomed its first tenant, AgroLiquid, a Michigan-based fertilizer manufacturer. The groundbreaking ceremony, where representatives from AgroLiquid, Weyerhaeuser and local, state and federal officials celeb…
n a few years later. But it would take until 2022 to put all the pieces together to make the s
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Using Artificial Intelligence to Fine-Tune the Dryers at Our Sutton OSB Mill

At our Sutton oriented strand board plant in Heaters, West Virginia, 200,000 pounds of wood strands are dried in four sets of triple-pass dryers every hour. Those dry strands are blended with resin and formed into 12-foot-by-24-foot mats, which are then c…
the new system for the first time in spring 2022. Then
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Leta Smith Honors Her Family’s Long History With the Company

Leta Smith, compensation program manager at our Seattle Headquarters, has a deep understanding of what it means to get a paycheck from Weyerhaeuser. In her role on the Compensation team, she manages compensation plans that involve the pay for nearly 85 p…
in 1978 before retiring in 2022. Leta
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Building on Our History and Legacy of Supporting Wildland Firefighting Efforts

In the summer of 1902, hot, dry weather turned forests in the Pacific Northwest into tinderboxes. Wildfire raced across southwest Washington; whipped by high winds, the flames spread for miles, burning through forests in Clark, Cowlitz and Skamania counti…
ched our Fighting Fires Together campaign in 2022
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/meet-our-people-fighting-fires-together-2025/

Innovation, Teamwork and Sustainability Power Energy Savings in Montana

When our three Montana manufacturing facilities teamed up to improve their energy efficiency in 2022, they set an ambitious goal: reduce energy usage by 2 percent annually. Thanks to teamwork, innovation and grit, they more than doubled their savings, red…
med up to improve their energy efficiency in 2022
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Courtney McKee Grew Her Career From the Ground Floor — and She’s Still Climbing

Courtney McKee’s Weyerhaeuser career started 21 years ago at our lumber mill in Idabel, Oklahoma. She began in an entry-level position as a lumber grader and has since risen to a strategic supply chain role supporting all our lumber mills as a lumber supp…
ck toward tornado disaster relief efforts in 2022. MEET COURTNEY What do you do as a lu
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/meet-our-people-courtney-mckee/

A Culture of Leadership at Bruce, Miss.

There’s something special about the culture at our lumber mill in Bruce, Mississippi — and it starts with the leadership team. Led by unit manager Benjy Herrin, the team includes Robert Kimbrough, greenside superintendent; Barry Lenard, maintenance superi…
Kevin joined Bruce in 2022 and felt right at home
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Volunteer of the Year Lori Flowers Advocates for All in North Carolina

Lori Flowers has created a reputation for building up charitable events in the New Bern, North Carolina, area. For years, she’s devoted her time and organizational talents to planning successful fundraisers — from pulling a firetruck to support a local bo…
agues here at our Vanceboro office who was a 2022 Volunteer of the Year. Lori
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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…
ditive to neutralize acidic soil. Until 2022
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