News & Events:
07/06/11
Hancock Lumber's Pittsfield Graders Win 2011 EWP Competition
All eyes were on the new “Leaderboard” throughout the 2011 Eastern White Pine Graders’ Competition, held June 11 at Limington Lumber Company in ...
The majestic Eastern White Pine is the tallest of the pine species in North America with a rich history that played a crucial historical role in the colonial America, yet unknown to many. Trees 150 to 240 feet tall and trunks free of branches to heights of 80 feet or more were plentiful in the new world. The Royal Surveyors of King George I marked them with a blaze that became known as the King's Broad Arrow.
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Industry News
ALSC Announces Decision on Strength Value Reduction for Southern Pine Lumber
Effective June 1, 2012, the design values for Southern Pine No.2 graded lumber, 2” to 4” thick and 2” to 4” wide, will be signi...
U.S. Lumber Coalition Welcomes Extension of U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement; Calls on Canada to Improve Compliance
The U.S. Lumber Coalition today welcomes the announcement by the U.S. Trade Representative that the United States and Canada hav...
Britton Lumber Purchases Assets of Jim Gillies Lumber Inc.
Britton Lumber Company, Inc., Fairlee, Vermont announced that it has purchased the assets of Jim Gillies Lumber, Inc., of Gray, ...
U.S. Lumber Coalition Questions British Columbia’s Failure to Implement Market Pricing System Updates on the BC Coast
The British Columbia (BC) government has failed to implement the 2011 regular update to the so-called BC Market Pricing System (...
USDA Announces Advancements in Massachusetts Eradication Efforts Against Asian Longhorned Beetle Infestation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced progress in the figh...
Michaud Pushes for Enforcement as Condition of Softwood Lumber Agreement Extension
Congressman Mike Michaud joined with his fellow co-chairs of the House Lumber Trade Caucus to send a letter to United States Tra...
Hammond Lumber Company Acquires 3 Mid-Coast Maine Locations
Hammond Lumber Company, headquartered in Belgrade, announced that it will be acquiring three additional building material stores...
White Pine Blister Research Reveals Concerns
According to scientists at Cornell University and the University of Connecticut, a popular cultivar of white pine blister rust, ...
Moose River Lumber Named Outstanding Manufacturer
Moose River Lumber Company of Jackman, Maine was recently honored by the Maine Forest Products Council (MFPC) as their 2012 Outs...
Forest Service Report Documents Environmental Benefits of Wood as a Green Building Material
The findings of a new U.S. Forest Service study indicate that wood should factor as a primary building material in green buildin...
Robbins Lumber of Searsmont Presented Forest Stewardship Award
A family-owned lumber company was honored Thursday by the Maine Department of Conservation and the Maine TREE Foundation with th...
U.S. Files Arbitration Case Against British Columbia
Since the spring of 2007, the British Columbia Government has sold BC Interior lumber producers enormous amounts of timber that ...
EU and China At Odds Over ISPM 15 Definition of Re-Use of Wood Packaging
Recent reports from the European Union, particularly from the UK, indicate that China is questioning wood packaging units enteri...
Eastern White Pine Suffering Needle Loss, Weakening Trees Statewide in Maine
Maine residents are reporting that they are seeing more and more damage throughout the state to Eastern White Pine trees, partic...
Quarantine Area in Worcester County, Massachusetts Expanded for the Asian Longhorned Beetle
Effective June 22, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is expanding the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) qu...
Hammond Confirmed as LURC Commissioner
Toby Hammond of Naples, Maine and the former CEO for Hancock Lumber and Hancock Land has been confirmed as the newest member of ...
Asian Longhorned Beetle Discovered in Ohio
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Ohio Department of Agriculture (...
New Heat Treatment Requirement Issued for Firewood from Canada and Spruce Logs from Nova Scotia
Effective May 22, 2011, The U.S. is requiring that all commercial and noncommercial shipments of imported firewood from Canada a...
Beware of Using Blue-Stained Wood in Wood Packaging Materials
Mar 7 2011
NELMA is receiving an increasing number of inquiries from export wood packaging facilities regarding Blue Stain on...
Senator Snowe Applauds U.S. Arbitration Request Over British Columbia Timber Subsidies
Feb 1 2011
U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) today applauded the announcement of United States Trade Representative Ron...
