lumber industry
Commercial tree harvesting
The lumber industry encompasses businesses involved in harvesting timber, processing logs into boards and other wood products, and distributing them for construction, furniture-making, and paper production.
It includes logging operations, sawmills, and timber companies: The lumber industry has shaped the economy of the Pacific Northwest for over a century.
- forest certificationSustainability verification for woodlands
- log jamStalled mass of debris
- silvicultureForest cultivation practice
- engineered woodAdhesive-bound timber composite
- tree huggerSlang for environmental activist
forest ranger · forests · debarking · rough cut · sawmilling · paper mill · wood chips · sawdust pile · old-growth forest · clearcut · carbon sequestration · chainsaw · hardwood flooring · log cabin · board feet · two by four · planks · spruce
- timber industrysawmills, logging camps, woodcutters, chainsaw, chainsaws
- deforestationclear cutting, clearcutting, clear-cutting, illegal logging, selective logging
- MichiganDetroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo
- lumber industrysawmill, logs, logging, loggers, sawing
- East TexasTyler, Jefferson, Longview, Winona, Henderson
- Maine Historystatehood, Augusta, Portland, Bangor, Brunswick
lumber industryforest conservation
Protecting wooded ecosystems systematically
forest preservation · reforestation · wilderness protection · tree planting · environmental protection
lumber industryfurniture making
Crafting household pieces
woodworking · carpentry · furniture industry · cabinetmaking · paper manufacturing
lumber industryagroforestry
Trees integrated with farming
sustainable forestry · permaculture · forest restoration · ecological restoration
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