Pacific Northwest faces critical timber supply shortage

The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) recently urged the Pacific Northwest’s Congressional Delegation in Washington, DC to take action to address challenges to the region’s forest and wood products sector. In the association’s letter to the delegation, AFRC President Travis Joseph writes that Western Oregon has experienced the closure or curtailment of three wood product mills since the beginning of the year, and additional closures and curtailments in the Pacific Northwest are likely to occur. The common thread is a diminishing timber supply to the region’s wood products manufacturers. “All three Western Oregon mills ...