timber industry

Commercial wood harvesting

The timber industry encompasses the commercial activities of growing, harvesting, processing, and selling wood products.

This includes logging operations, sawmills, paper manufacturing, and forestry management.

The timber industry has shaped the economy of the Pacific Northwest for over a century.

The term often appears in discussions of environmental policy and sustainable forestry practices.

Related

sawmilling · lumber yard · rough cut · board feet · silviculture · forests · felling · agroforestry · skidder · carpentry · clear-cutting · sawdust · joinery · log cabin · planks · plywood · cedar · woodchip

Categories
Opposites
environmental impact

timber industryforest conservation

Protecting wooded ecosystems systematically

reforestation · tree planting · rainforest conservation · afforestation · rewilding

resource type

timber industrymining industry

Commercial mineral extraction business

fossil fuel industry · petroleum industry · fishing industry · quarrying · coal industry

Family

industry, timber, industrial, industries, industrialist, timbered, timberland, timbers, industrialized

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G