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How We Do It

Exploring the science and strategy behind our operations
ental health of wildland firefighters. In 2022 we launched a partnership with Firefighter B
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/sustainability/how-we-do-it/

Planting a Little Hope: Teams Rally to Help Idabel, Oklahoma, Recover From a Devastating Tornado

On Nov. 4, 2022, the skies turned dark over southeastern Oklahoma. Timberlands team members AElena Collinson and Rebekah “Bekah” Allen were driving home after a work event in Texarkana, Arkansas, as the massive storm front approached.
or Idabel neighbors affected by the November 2022 tornado. On Nov. 4… 2022
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/meet-our-people-planting-a-little-hope/

Saline River Crossing Removal Benefits Fish, Wildlife and Recreationists in Arkansas

Removing a damaged crossing on Arkansas’ Saline River this past December was one of those projects that’s a win all around: For Weyerhaeuser, for the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC), for the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Di…
site visits in the summer of 2022. The crossing had been previously damaged wh
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/sustainability-stories-saline-river-cleanup/

Transforming Electrical Safety: Columbia Falls Innovation Earns Industry Safety Award

In 2019, Justin Scott joined our medium-density fiberboard mill in Columbia Falls, Montana, as a lead election. An important part of his job is conducting routine inspections of the site’s medium-voltage transformers — a hot, uncomfortable task due to the…
s award for the 2022 Safety Innovation of the Year. In 2019…site Panel Association named the project its 2022 Safety Innovation of the Year.
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/meet-our-people-transforming-electrical-safety/

State Grant Allows Our Nursery in Turner, Oregon, to Grow Extra Seedlings for Reforestation After Wildfires

January through June is a hectic time for Western Regeneration, with a tight production schedule to first lift and pack seedlings and then sow millions of seeds — all to ensure we’re able to meet seedling commitments to internal and external customers. Th…
000 grant in late November 2022 and immediately launched into the planning p
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/sustainability-stories-turner-oregon-state-grant/

Princeton, BC, Timberlands Team Helps Students Plant 225 Trees and an Early Connection to Forestry

On May 16, our Princeton, British Columbia, Timberlands team headed out to the woods to plant 225 seedlings with 45 eager young volunteers from local schools as part of National Forest Week in Canada.
e to COVID. By the time it was relaunched in 2022
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/sustainability-stories-princeton-bc-tree-planting/

Shaunna Voepel’s Persistence Enables a Move from Production to Customer Service

When her kids were young, Shaunna Voepel’s job as a bar manager was a great fit. The hours were flexible, so she never worried about driving them to and from school, or staying home when they were sick. But as they got older, she wanted more: Benefits, re…
nt. He retired from the company in September 2022…in the form of remote work opportunities. In 2022
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/meet-our-people-shaunna-voepel/

Building Sustainably With Wood

The ultimate green building material
olid and engineered wood products we made in 2022 alone will keep more than the equivalent of 
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/woodproducts/building-sustainably-with-wood/

Bringing State Lawmakers into the Field in Oregon

Two of our Oregon teams — from our Snow Peak tree farm and our Turner regeneration center — recently hosted tours designed to provide legislators and community stakeholders a closer look at seedling production and new rules related to Oregon’s Private For…
s Legislature during the 2022 session
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/sustainability-stories-bringing-oregon-lawmakers-into-the-field/

Millions of Our Trees Start Their Lives With Viviana Olivares and Our Rochester Seed Plant

On a sunny September afternoon at our nursery in Rochester, Washington, hundreds of burlap bags full of Douglas-fir cones rest on enormous, covered outdoor racks. At this stage, they are nearly ready to start their journey through the drying, sorting, cou…
Viviana and her daughter Mia at the 2022 Run for a Cure. At this point in her cancer
https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/blog/meet-our-people-viviana-olivares/