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This post includes ideas and an excerpt of analysis from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly. Introduction The Washington Forest Practices Board approved a new rule to expand stream buffers on non-fish bearing perennial streams (Type Np) on November 12, 2025. more…
This post includes ideas and an excerpt of analysis from the Q2 2026 Forisk Research Quarterly. Introduction Forisk’s analysis of U.S. timberland investments and U.S. lumber manufacturers includes tracking Canadian wood-using manufacturing capacity and production. Canada’s lumber industry saws far more…
This post includes ideas and content covered in the virtual Timber Market Analysis class, October 1st and 2nd, 2025. Lumber prices, OSB prices, construction spending, and housing starts are down. Manufacturing input costs, tariff rates, and policy frictions are up. more…
This post includes data and market intelligence from the Forisk Wood Fiber Review and the “Market Update” in the Q2 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly. Forisk tracks domestic and export log prices in the Pacific Northwest as part of the Forisk more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q2 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. The U.S. imports 14 billion board feet (BBFT) of lumber net of exports, primarily from Canada more…
For timberland investors, integrated firms that own timberland and mills, and wood-using manufacturers, the exercise for realizing value is specific to the trees grown, sold, and procured from each local timber market or wood basket. This forest industry reality becomes more…
This post includes themes from the (virtual) Applied Forest Finance course on April 3rd, 2025. Early registration ends March 20th! Over the past 30 years, the ownership and management of private industrial forestland has changed. Fewer forest owning firms are more…
This post is an excerpt from the Q1 2025 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ), which includes forest industry analysis and timber price forecasts for North America. Hurricane Helene On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend region of more…
In October, we reported in the Q4 2024 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) our revised outlook for commercial timber inventory across the coastal Pacific Northwest (PNW) region. Our revised outlook for inventory over the next 10 years was generated from updates more…
In the forest industry, we study timber markets and the underlying data to understand relationships and risks. For timberland investing and the procurement of wood, systematic frameworks and proven processes help us analyze and compare markets and wood baskets to more…