Forestry profits from near- record timber prices are being poleaxed by astronomical shipping rates driven up by a lack of freighters worldwide. Laurie Forestry managing director Allan Laurie says the supply of "Handy" class vessels 30,000 tonne ships that freight logs is being absorbed by massive importing into Asia, leaving few ships to service remote ports like New Zealand. With average timber prices 30 per cent higher than last year, valuable logs have been left to rot on overloaded...

Clean soil, brick, broken asphalt pavement, wood waste from downed trees and unpainted wood: This debris can be disposed of without DNR approval as long as the sites selected for disposal do not impact surface waters, wetlands, floodplains, or critical habitat areas. Clean soil, brick, broken asphalt pavement, wood waste from downed trees and unpainted wood: This debris can be disposed of without DNR approval as long as the sites selected for disposal do not impact surface waters,...

Nonprofit ownership will enable local environmentalists and timber companies to create a sound management for the overlogged land purchased from the Hawthorne Timber co. The group, formed 10 years ago in the midst of "timber wars" between environmentalists and timber workers, will now focus on creating a working forest that will maintain jobs, sustain a tax base and protect critical ecological areas. The deal between Redwood Forest Foundation inc., based in Gualala, and the Bank of America...

Personnel being deployed include seven unit crews of 20 people each, who are dispatched to larger fires where significant resources may be needed, a 19-member incident management team, which will manage multiple fires, two fireline supervisors, one bilingual agency representative and several other personnel. Personnel being deployed include seven unit crews of 20 people each, who are dispatched to larger fires where significant resources may be needed, a 19-member incident management team,...

Fennings' products range from F17 structural timber to appearance-grade timber for flooring, architraves, skirtings and furniture. The Weinig powermat moulder, a key piece of equipment bought as part of the mill upgrade, creates these products, 90 per cent of which go to the Melbourne market. The result has been more than $10 million invested in new buildings and equipment that has transformed the timber plant, which has 32 staff. Fennings' log licence is in a run-down period until 2015,...