News Digest Forestry and Industry
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Ponsse Equipment Bolsters the Woodlot Services Division at Prentiss and Carlisle - 05/01/12
Maine By: Diane M. Clabrese A firm belief in the possibility of perfection guides Tom R. Nelson, vice president at Prentiss and Carlisle. Tom oversees the woodlot services division at Prentiss a…Read More -
Sawmill dust levels under scrutiny - 04/26/12
Northern Forest Region By: Jonathan Fowlie Forest industry officials are asking researchers based at the University of B.C. to determine what role aging pine beetle wood, and the fine dust it pr…Read More -
Son vows to bring family sawmill back after fire - 04/18/12
Maine By: David F. Robinson Brian Smiley took over his family's logging business just two weeks before a fire that started early Saturday morning, destroying a sawmill built by his parents nearl…Read More -
Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program - 04/06/12
Northern Forest Region By: US Forest Service The Forest Service published a call for applications for the Community Forest and Open Space Program in the Federal Register on February 15, 2012. Ap…Read More -
Non-profit helps shops add skills - 04/06/12
Northern Forest Region By: Jennifer Hicks The Regional Wood Products Consortium is busy these days helping woodworking companies in the Northeast boost production and efficiency by conducting wo…Read More -
Sen. Shaheen takes tour of resurrected Gorham mill - 04/06/12
New Hampshire By: Sara Youn-Knox Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., took a tour of the Gorham Paper and Tissue mill Thursday, getting an update on the plant from Dick Arnold, president of the Gorham m…Read More -
Strong Enough To Survive: A young pellet mill finds the chip they need. Geneva Wood Turns to Bandit Beast Grinders. - 04/06/12
Maine By: Staff After a century of being the toothpick capital of the world, the plant at Strong, Maine, came back to life in 2009 as a new wood pellet line. Geneva Wood Fuels selected a Bandit …Read More -
Thos. Moser opens furniture store in Greenwich - 04/06/12
Maine By: Richard Lee An exclusive furniture manufacturer has taken a seat on East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich, offering its line of simple, yet elegant products. Thos. Moser Cabinetmak…Read More -
How it works: a tour of the Croghan Island Mill - 04/05/12
New York By: Staff At one time, there were four mills located at the Croghan Dam, on each side of the Beaver River. John Martin is owner and operator of the last remaining, the Croghan Island Mi…Read More -
Maine made Easter eggs to be featured at White House - 04/04/12
Maine By: WMTW For the sixth straight year a company from Maine will be supplying the White House with hundreds of Easter Eggs for the annual Easter Egg Roll. The eggs, actually, are not r…Read More -
More Than A Woodlot - 03/29/12
New Hampshire By: Virginia Prescott Forests cover 75% of the northeast, and the vast majority of that land is owned by families or individuals. In fact, about 1.5-million people live in rural ar…Read More -
Client list growing for Hampton baseball bat maker - 03/23/12
New Hampshire By: Steve Craig Wood chips are piling up at Terry White's feet as he applies a steel gouge with steady hand to a cylindrical billet of high-quality maple spinning on his lathe. …Read More -
Group Explores Training Options to Address Logger Shortage - 03/13/12
Maine By: Maine Government News Maine Labor Commissioner Robert Winglass met with the Maine Logger Education Alliance last week to discuss workforce challenges and training programs for workers …Read More -
Forest Service Report Shows Forest Growth in North Outpacing Other Parts of Country - 03/12/12
Northern Forest Region By: Northern Research Station U.S. Forest Service scientists today released an assessment that shows forest land has expanded in northern states during the past century de…Read More -
From stump to table to Hollywood and beyond, Allagash father and son creating handcrafted furniture - 03/02/12
Maine By: Julia Bayly What do Martha Stewart, Field & Stream magazine, “This Old House” and the 2009 movie “Straw Dogs” have in common? Each one has featured a piece of handcrafted n…Read More -
ABC News films piece on Gorham mill - 02/29/12
New Hampshire By: Barbara Tetreault he national spotlight will shine again on Lynn Tilton and Gorham Paper and Tissue. A crew from ABC News was at the Gorham mill last Thursday, shooting a piece…Read More -
Sugarmakers, Earlier Than Usual, Reflect On Their Craft - 02/28/12
Vermont By: Jane Lindholm Vermonters never tire of maple syrup. And with such a warm winter, many sugarmakers in Vermont are following their instincts and beginning to produce their product ahea…Read More -
Where the wood flows . . . and why - 02/26/12
Maine By: Joe Rankin You're driving down a Maine highway, following a logging truck that's teetering and swaying with a load of logs, belching diesel fumes, and, because your cell phone fell dow…Read More -
Sap, syrup already flowing at Maine maple sugarhouses - 02/25/12
Maine By: Kevin Miller The tapping of the maple trees, that sweet and sticky ritual that signals the changing seasons in New England, has started early this year for many of Maine’s maple syru…Read More -
Fire damages wood pellet mill in Strong - 02/24/12
Maine By: David Robinson A wood pellet mill is expected to reopen in the next few days after a fire broke out early Thursday morning and damaged the plant, where 21 people work. Travis Vi…Read More -
Land acquired for Albany Town Forest - 02/22/12
New Hampshire By: Staff After a four-year effort, Albany has acquired 310 acres for a town forest. The $800,000 cost came from a variety of sources, including $149,000 that Albany voters a…Read More -
Maple syrup producers concerned about mild winter - 02/21/12
Maine By: Holly Ramer, The Associated Press A mild winter across the Northeast is injecting extra uncertainty into maple syrup season, but many producers say they’ll just go with the flow, whe…Read More -
Feds recommend East Grand Lake conservation project for funding - 02/20/12
Maine By: Kevin Miller he Obama administration’s budget proposal for next year includes $1.8 million in federal funding to conserve more than 7,500 acres along East Grand Lake and several trib…Read More -
Tissue Rolls to Mill's Rescue - 02/10/12
New Hampshrie By: Jennifer Levitz For a while, it looked like northern New Hampshire's papermaking heritage was gone for good. When the region's last mill closed in 2010, 197 workers were …Read More -
Maple farms ready for syrup season - 02/08/12
New York By: Thomas Dimopoulos Warmer than normal winter temperatures coupled with below-average snowfall has some maple sugar producers placing trust in a higher power. Cheryl Kenyon, co-own…Read More -
Group's goal: Protect working forest - 02/06/12
Maine By: Beth Quimby Several western York County organizations hope their campaign to protect that region's timberlands will gain the same kind of national attention as similar efforts in Maine…Read More -
Real horse power in the woods - 02/06/12
New York By: Alvin Reiner There are no growling engines or belching exhaust from giant skidders on the Scragwood property here. Instead, there's the jangle of chains as literal horse power…Read More -
U.S. Forest Service Distributes $52.2 Million to Safeguard Working Forests - 02/01/12
Northern Forest Region By: US Forest Service The U.S. Forest Service is distributing $52.2 million in grants for 17 conservation and working lands projects across the United States this year. …Read More -
U.S. to unveil new forest management rules - 01/26/12
Northern Forest Region By: Matthew Daily The Obama administration says new rules to manage nearly 200 million acres of national forests will protect watersheds and wildlife while promoting uses …Read More -
Extension of U.S., Canadian softwood lumber deal draws bipartisan applause - 01/23/12
Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Maine’s federal delegation cheered news Monday that the U.S. and Canada extended a 5-year-old softwood lumber agreement through 2015, but called for more consistent…Read More -
Where the Trees are in the USA - 01/20/12
Northern Forest Region By: NASA NASA recently released a map showing where in the USA the above ground sources of woody biomass are located. BuzzFeed article link…Read More -
When it comes to furniture making, Vermont is a player - 01/19/12
Vermont By: Glenn Russel ...Vermont is increasingly recognized as leading the nation in furniture production, and quintessentially, with a green twist. It deserves merit for its eco-friendly pra…Read More -
As Purchase Falls Through, Groveton Paper Plant Eyed for Demolition - 01/17/12
New Hampshire By: Chris Jensen A deal to bring the closed Groveton paper mill in the North Country back to life has fallen through raising the possibility it will be demolished. NHPR article…Read More -
Taxpayers spending millions on mill that keeps on polluting - 01/11/12
Maine By: Lance Tapley The state has spent millions of dollars to prop up the Old Town pulp mill while steadily fining the mill’s owner for ongoing pollution. And now the biggest fine ever is …Read More -
Harvesting historic wood: Millinocket company marketing Quakish Lake logs - 01/06/12
Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Steve Sanders thinks the tree stumps he keeps at his West Branch Heritage Timber LLC sawmill were part of a red oak that Henry David Thoreau paddled past in his famou…Read More -
New Saunders Bros. wood products now 100 percent American-made - 01/01/12
Maine By: Terry Karkos 2012 is looking great for the new Saunders Bros. dowel mill, a successful bare-bones start-up last year despite the country's worst recession and an overly long Maine wint…Read More -
Loans up to $40,000 available for NC maple producers - 12/29/11
New York By: Nora Flaherty Many North Country Maple producers can now tap into a new loan fund to help them increase the amount of syrup they produce. The Development authority of the North Coun…Read More -
‘Philosophical differences’ led to Great Northern Paper president’s resignation, company says - 12/20/11
Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Exactly a week after he said that Great Northern Paper Co. LLC didn’t regard Roxanne Quimby’s proposed 70,000-acre national park a threat to his industry, Peter H…Read More -
Under New Owners Gorham Mill Hopes To Show Paper Manufacturing Isn't Dead Yet In The North Country - 12/19/11
New Hampshire By: Chris Jensen Earlier this year the Gorham paper mill re-opened under new ownership. With about six months of work under its belt, managers and workers are optimistic that…Read More -
Gorham Paper and Tissue hopes to be making tissue paper next fall - 12/08/11
New Hampshire By: Barbara Tetreault The new tissue machine for Gorham Paper and Tissue has been purchased and company officials hope to have it operating by the end of September 2012. Berlin…Read More -
Hermon railroad announces deal to sell tracks that service Madawaska mill - 12/06/11
Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway announced a tentative deal Tuesday to sell 25 miles of railroad tracks and effectively end a long-running dispute by allowing a…Read More -
2,900 Acres of Adirondack Timberlands For Sale - 11/29/11
New York By: Phil Brown Last week the Watertown Daily Times reported that Lassiter Properties had put on the market nearly 2,300 acres in and near the Adirondack Park. Adirondack Almanack ar…Read More -
Maine mills face shortage of qualified recruits - 11/25/11
Maine By: Kevin Miller Recent news of job losses at paper mills across Maine — including 125 positions cut at Verso Paper’s Bucksport mill — may suggest to some that employment in the stat…Read More -
Mill’s reopening stokes hopes in Millinocket region - 11/24/11
Maine By: Glenn Adams Clouds that shrouded mighty Mount Katahdin on a still November morning gradually lifted above its mile-high summit as the day wore on, just as a pale of gloom is giving way…Read More -
Gorham mill owner featured at state Manufacturing Summit - 11/15/11
New Hampshire By: New Hampshire Business Review Lynn Tilton, CEO and principal of Patriarch Partners LLC -- the firm that brought the former Fraser Papers mill in Gorham back to life -- will spe…Read More -
Somerset mill helps put Sappi up for award - 11/07/11
Maine By: Doug Harlow Sappi Fine Paper North America's investments in renewable energy and green certification -- even a comedy video -- at the Somerset mill in Skowhegan have landed the company…Read More -
Society has devalued manufacturing skills, actor says at Maine Chamber dinner - 10/26/11
Maine By: Matt Wickenheiser John Ratzenberger remembers a different time in the country, when he grew up as a kid in Bridgeport, Conn., and had the luxury of being a kid. “Our parents wo…Read More -
LePage to visit new Great Northern Paper mill on Monday - 10/21/11
Maine By: Nick Sambides Jr. Gov. Paul LePage will visit the new Great Northern Paper Co. LLC mill at noon Monday as part of a brief ceremony celebrating the revitalization of the paper industry …Read More -
Laidlaw and Cate Street Capital announce settlement - 10/21/11
New Hampshire Laidlaw Energy Group, Inc. and Cate Street Capital, Inc. announced they have reached a settlement in their dispute over payment of the purchase price by Newco Energy, LLC for Laidlaw …Read More -
Ensuring certified supply - 10/19/11
UK By: Julia Griffin Writing this article came at a time when there was plenty to celebrate at B&Q UK. After 20 years of robust campaigning with other stakeholders, in February 2011 we reach…Read More