NELMA Partners with Habitat for Humanity and SFI® on Minnesota Project

What happens when a couple of tree farmers, a troop of Girl Scouts, a lumber grading agency, and dozens of volunteers get together?

Grading Rules Now Online in Full-Size Format

The online version of NELMA’s 2006 Standard Grading Rules for Northeastern Lumber has been re-formatted to full-page size PDF files to maximize viewing and printing of the book.

Fontaine, Inc. Named Maine's Foreign Investor of the Year 2008

NELMA’s Grading Committee Reviews Grading Policy

The members of NELMA’s Grading Committee met June 17 at the Association’s Headquarters Office in Cumberland, Maine for their bi-annual review of the current Grading Services Policy.

Supplement No. 1 to Standard Grading Rules for Northeastern Lumber Now Available

Supplement No. 1 has been published by the Association and available free of charge from NELMA.

USDA-APHIS Issues Sirex Woodwasp Quarantine Directive for the Northeast; Carolina Weighs In

This invasive pest has since spread to other areas in the Northeast and Great Lakes as confirmed by surveys and trapping over the past 3 years. Moving forward in an attempt to reduce or stall the spread to other areas, the USDA-APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and Emergency & Domestic Program (EDP) developed a directive in May 2008 titled, Sirex noctilio Domestic Quarantine Regulated Articles, Regulated Area, Conditions of Movement, and Treatments.

Pin Blanc des Etats-Unis

France served as the location for NELMA’s first official appearance this year at an international trade show, as part of the Association’s membership in the Softwood Export Council.

NELMA Grade Rule Changes Approved

Effective June 15, 2008, revisions to Paragraphs 6.0, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4, and 6.3 of Section 3 for Eastern White PIne within the NELMA Standard Grading Rules for Northeastern Lumber will be implemented.

NELMA Lumber Grading Demo Conducted at Expo

This year’s Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo, held May 9 and 10 in Essex Junction, Vermont played host to a requested demonstration by NELMA of Eastern White Pine lumber grading.

NELMA Celebrates 75

New York City was the setting for NELMA’s celebration of the Association’s 75th Anniversary, held April 10-12. The Grand Hyatt Hotel played the fitting host to this year’s special Convention, the very location where many of NELMA’s early meetings were conducted when the Association was headquartered on Madison Avenue from 1933 to 1969.

Hancock Lumber's Pittsfield Mill Graders Sweep NELMA's 2008 Competition

NELMA’s 5th annual Eastern White Pine Grader’s Competition was held Saturday, February 9, hosted by Hancock Lumber Company’s Pittsfield, Maine sawmill facility.

KD or KD-HT? What's The Difference?

Heat treated lumber may be marked as KD-HT or HT.

Building Products Digest Spotlights Eastern White Pine

A Spotlight on Eastern White Pine has become a fall tradition and regular feature in the September issue of Building Products Digest since 2004, but this year’s issue tops them all!

NELMA Welcomes 10th Inspector

The Association is proud to announce the addition of Jason Ostrem of Cochrane, Wisconsin to the NELMA staff as Inspector, effective September 10.

Pleasant River Lumber Takes Dimension Graders Competition

For the first time in the five-year history of the NELMA Dimension Graders Competition, Pleasant River Lumber of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine takes top team and individual winner awards.