Had to do something to release the anger and sadness from this horrible weekend for so many people. I'm so glad I showed up and was able to talk with a lot of people about what is happening to fed workers right now. Lots of support from everyone, we're not alone.

Bad news.

Just how much will the price of lumber go under Trump’s tariff plan? That is the question posed by the Peterson Institute of International Economics, which revealed that the president-elect’s plans to tariff Chinese, Canadian and Mexican goods “on day 1” will add billions to the price of timber products.

According to a new analysis prepared by the institute, tariffs of up to 60% on Chinese imports, 25% on USMCA partners like Canada and Mexico, and 10% on all other nations will have significant implications for the $50 billion trade in imported wood products: “That’s because there is no such thing as a free trade tax,” according to a report prepared by Julieta Contreras, Mary Lovely and Jing Yan, who warned that low-income Americans would be hit hardest by the tariffs, which will add at least $25 billion to the cost of timber imports alone.

Wtf?

I manage a log yard in the northeast where 95% of our logs are exported to China or Canada. Retribution by Canada and China has basically destroyed the market for red oak veneer, ash veneer, yellow or black birch veneer, ash sawlogs and our strongest market for sugar maple saw logs.

There is talk of exporting to Vietnam to bypass the Chinese restrictions, but prepare for log prices to plummet in the coming weeks…

At least trump and Elon can sit comfortably while the rest of us scramble to make ends meet.

Don’t see too much about theft on this sub, fortunately! This is one of four reported in the past week.

Still not sure how this guy was still standing. Spotted on the Lolo N.F. Good luck out there!

58 ticks, free to a good home. Not running. For parts only. Must be an SAF Certified Forester™️ to be considered.

I'm serious. I'm a lifelong timber worker here. Spent time working in Oregon, Nor Cal, Idaho and Alaska. I know the mills generally are tooled for logs under 36 inches in diameter and if they're tooled for big logs (6+ foot on the stump) they're slow, specialized mills. OOS Timber in Bandon and Hull Oakes in Monroe come to mind. So where is the market for that large diameter old growth? Not just that, where are the people? It takes 2000 people to turn a billion bf of logs into lumber. I know we're in a labor shortage as is, and most mills are already operating close to max capacity. I just don't see this panning out.