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International Paper’s $360M North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) Purchase
International Paper (IP) has finalized a definitive agreement to acquire North Pacific Paper Company (NORPAC) from private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners for $360 million, a move that’s set to supercharge its industrial packaging dominance in the U.S. Read… read more
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It’s Not Lyme Disease: The Rapidly Rising Tick-Borne Illness Forestry Workers Need to Know
A rapidly rising tick-borne disease called anaplasmosis is spreading across Canada, transmitted by the same blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme.… read more
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International Paper Temporarily Suspends Pine Hill, Alabama Mill After Weather Damages Roof Structure
International Paper suspended operations at its Pine Hill, Alabama mill on July 9, 2026, after a weather event damaged a… read more
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Lumber Cost Decreases Offset by Operating Cost Gains
Canadian lumber prices are well off their pandemic peaks, but sawmill operators and lumber producers are discovering that falling commodity… read more
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Wildfire Smoke Is a Major Public Health Threat — What Forestry Workers and Supervisors Need to Know
Medical experts are using language that forestry supervisors should not ignore. Here is what the science says about wildfire smoke… read more
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Canada Invests $8M+ in Surrey Businesses to Boost Productivity — Mass Timber Hardware Maker Among Recipients
The federal government has committed over $8 million to Surrey businesses navigating trade disruption — with a mass timber connection… read more
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Interfor Is Hiring Millwrights at Its Timmins Sawmill — Here’s What That Signals
Interfor is recruiting Industrial Millwrights at its Timmins, Ontario sawmill — a facility that has anchored Northern Ontario’s forestry sector… read more
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Responsible Forestry Is One of the Most Effective Tools We Have Against Wildfire
Fires are now the largest single driver of forest loss globally, and nearly every record-breaking wildfire year has occurred since… read more
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British Columbia Expands Value-Added Timber Program to Include Custom Processors
British Columbia has expanded the BC Timber Sales Value-Added Manufacturing Program to add a dedicated category for custom cutters and… read more
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Pulp Mill to Trial New Lithium Processing Technique Using Crude Tall Oil
A Thunder Bay kraft mill is partnering with Rock Tech Lithium to test whether crude tall oil — a byproduct… read more
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B.C. Forests Critic Stamer Takes Softwood Lumber Concerns Directly to U.S. Diplomats
B.C. Conservative MLA and Forests Critic Ward Stamer sat down with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra and Consul General Shawn Crowley… read more
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New Hampshire Backs US Lumber in State-Funded Construction
New Hampshire lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require state-funded construction projects to specify American-sourced lumber — putting New Hampshire lumber producers ahead of Canadian competitors when the state builds. Senate Bill 529, which passed the Senate by voice vote in late January 2026, cleared its House committee public hearing on March 24 and… read more
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US Invests $115M in Eight States to Expand Timber Production
The federal government is placing a $115.2 million bet on timber production as the solution to two converging crises: a shortage of domestic sawmill capacity and a surge in catastrophic wildfires on national forest lands. On March 23, 2026, the USDA announced guaranteed loans to sawmills and wood processing facilities across eight states, deploying the… read more
