Wood Information on the Internet

Links updated as of Aug. 3, 2010

WWPA Member Companies

For a online, searchable directory of all WWPA Member companies, showing sales contacts, species, lumber products, services and shipping information, go to the WWPA Online Buyers Guide .

Bennett Lumber, Inc. 
Bennett Lumber produces high quality lumber in a variety of Inland lumber species. Our mills and timberlands are SFI certified. We pride ourselves on our commitment to quality, customer service and environmental sensitivity.

Boise Cascade   
Boise Cascade produces plywood, lumber, particleboard and engineered wood products (laminated veneer lumber, wood I-joists, and laminated beams) at 22 manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada and Brazil. Our wood products are used primarily in housing, industrial construction and a variety of manufactured products, and are sold principally to independent wholesalers and dealers and through our own building materials distribution outlets.

C&D Lumber

C&D Lumber Co. is a manufacturer of high quality, specialized lumber products and is committed to mutually beneficial relationships with employees, customers and suppliers. We specialize in blemish-free rough sawn and S4S timbers, decking and siding. Producing 50 million board feet annually in Douglas Fir, Port Orford Cedar and Incense Cedar. Truck and rail service is available.

Canyon Lumber Company
Producing Douglas Fir products since 1907. Specializing in KD No. 1&Btr. FOHC architectural quality timbers 2" and thicker. All sizes up to 8 x 12 are in stock for quick delivery. Thicker sizes available on special order. Other high quality specialty products include 1", 2", 3", 4" and 6" C&Btr., 4 x 4 – 4 x 12 KD No. 2&Btr., and Scaffold Planks. 

Clearwater Paper Wood Products Division
For builders and distributors alike, we produce a wide array of lumber products from various pine and fir species. In addition, we produce high-quality, specialty cedar products at our mill in Lewiston, Idaho. Many of our lumber products can be purchased with chain-of-custody certification under the strict standards of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The FSC certification is a third-party standard audited by the Rainforest Alliance's Smartwood™ program. Clearwater Paper lumber products are marketed and sold through Potlatch wood products. 
 

Collins Pine Company
Collins Pine Company produces quality, environmentally certified lumber products from its 94,000-acre FSC-certified Collins Almanor Forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The timberlands were acquired in 1902. Operations began in 1941 and have been managed on an uneven-age, sustained yield basis from the beginning. The company's Chester, Calif., mill manufactures commons and industrial grades, dimension lumber, export, pre-rip and specialty lumber products in sizes 1x4 to 1x12 and 2x4 to 2x12 in lengths of 6-20 feet.

Collins Pine Company - Lakeview
A division of the Collins Companies, the Lakeview operation has delivered quality lumber products to customers since 1945. The mill is supplied by the 78,000-acre FSC-certified Collins Lakeview Forest in southern Oregon and northeast California, managed on an uneven-age, sustained yield basis. Products include commons, industrial grades and dimension lumber, in sizes 1x4 to 1x12 and 2x4 to 2x12 in lengths of 6-16 feet.

Columbia Vista Corporation
For over 50 years, Columbia Vista has been known for providing high quality Douglas Fir products. We specialize in crossarms, export KD squares as well as green and KD home center grade squares. Our employees believe in safety, environmental responsibility and providing the products the high quality products that our customers demand.

 

Fort Apache Timber Company
Owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apace Indian Reservation, FATCO harvests from its own timber resources. 

Georgia-Pacific West, Inc.
Georgia-Pacific West Inc. manufactures and markets a wide array of lumber products for residential and commercial construction. A brand leader, Georgia-Pacific offers high quality, reliable building materials and innovative products that provide important building solutions. Georgia-Pacific West, Inc. ships high quality Douglas Fir and Hem-Fir products nationwide.
 

Hampton Affiliates
Hampton Lumber Mills-Cowlitz Div.
Hampton Lumber Mills-Darrington Div.
Tillamook Lumber Company
Willamina Lumber Co.
One of the nation's largest privately held forest products companies, Hampton Affiliates operates seven sawmills in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Construction lumber is our focus, with each mill producing a unique blend of products and services. Common across all locations is a commitment to efficiency, quality and customer service.

Idaho Forest Group LLC
Idaho Forest Group, LLC owns four modern Idaho mills located in Chilco, Grangeville, Laclede and Moyie Springs, with an annual combined capacity of over 800 million board feet. 
 

Malheur Lumber Company 
Malheur Lumber is a highly diversified mill producing both commodity products and those produced for customer specific needs. 
 

Neiman Enterprises
Neiman Enterprises, which operates Devil's Tower Forest Products, Rushmore Forest Products and Spearfish Forest Products, produces more than 200 million board feet of Ponderosa Pine annually. The Neiman family has produced quality boards and Shop products for more than 70 years.

Potlatch Corporation
Potlatch Forest Products Corp. produces high quality lumber in a variety of Inland species. Our Idaho timberlands are FSC certified as are our mills. As a result, our products can carry FSC certification, the only certification that qualifies for points in the LEED green building rating system.

Rosboro LLC 
Operating continuously on the same site since 1940, Rosboro has grown into one of the few largest privately owned, fully integrated forest products companies in the U.S. Rosboro manufactures a wide range of lumber, studs, glulam and plywood products at the 75-acre site in Springfield, Ore., allowing our customers to combine multiple products on the same order. Rosboro owns and manages timberland strategically located in the highly productive forests of the Pacific Northwest. Rosboro's timberlands have always been carefully managed to sustain the company for generations to come.

SDS Lumber Company
For 60 years, SDS Lumber Company has focused on excellence in both wood production and customer service. A family owned business, SDS is small enough to enjoy a pride-of-responsibility spirit, yet big enough to produce a large volume of consistently good lumber and plywood products.

 

Sierra Pacific Industries 
Sierra Pacific Industries is a private California corporation with forestlands and manufacturing facilities in northern California and Washington. Started in the 1940s with one sawmill employing 8-10 people in Humboldt County, Sierra Pacific Industries has grown to be one of the top manufacturers of lumber and millwork in North America, employing approximately 4,000.

Simpson Lumber Company
Founded in 1890, Simpson is one of the oldest, continuously operating privately held forest products companies in the Pacific Northwest. Four manufacturing facilities in Washington State have the capacity to produce over 1 billion board feet annually of SFI® certified dimension lumber and studs.

Stimson Lumber Company 
Stimson Lumber operates eight manufacturing plants in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Primary production includes green and dry studs and small timbers, as well as timbers and dimension from 8' to 40' and finger-jointed studs and dimension from 8' to 40'. Other products include Pine and Inland Red Cedar boards and decking 6' to 20'. All products are available on either the BN or UP. If the market needs a particular product, we'd like the opportunity to quote the specification.

 

Sun Mountain Lumber Company 
Sun Mountain Lumber Company is a premier manufacturer of quality Stud grade lumber. We are dedicated to serving the needs of our customers, our vendors and our community.

Swanson Group 
We produce Green Douglas Fir dimension in 2x4 through 2x10 with lengths 8' to 24', as well as kiln-dried Studs in White Fir, Hem-Fir, Douglas Fir and SPF(S)in 2x4 and 2x6 widths, trimmed to customer specification of 120" and shorter. We also offer green Doug Fir studs in 2x4 and 2x6 widths and trims.

Unity Forest Products
A specialty lumber manufacturer in northern California, Unity specializes in customer satisfaction, reliable service and quality products.

Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc.
Vaagen Bros. Lumber is an independent small company that celebrated its 50th anniversary of business in 2002. Located in northeast Washington, the company produces 180 million board feet a year.

Warm Springs Forest Products Industries
Producer of high quality, fine grained Douglas Fir and Hem-Fir off the eastern slopes of Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Hood in Oregon. We are service oriented, manufacturing 2x4 through 2x12, 8' to 20' kiln-dried dimension lumber. Specialty grades include 6/4 industrials, Select Structrual, timbers and FSC certified products.

Yakama Forest Products of the Yakama Indian Nation
Yakama Forest Products is a two sawmill operation started by the Yakama Indian Nation. Using sound business practices, Yakama Forest Products has been built from the ground up with the newest in advanced sawmill technology, with a goal of producing lumber that will lead the market in quality and providing customer service that is second to none.

WWPA Grading Service Mills

All Coast Forest Products
Blue Mountain Lumber Products L.L.C.
Idaho Veneer Co.
Interfor Pacific

Plum Creek Manufacturing
Sierra Forest Products

WWPA Distributor Associates

84 Lumber Company, Eighty Four, Penn.
Allied Building Stores, Monroe, Ala.
BlueLinx Corp., Atlanta, Ga.
Contact Industries, Portland, Ore. 
Forest City Trading Group, Inc., Portland, Ore.
Great Northern Lumber Co., Chicago, Ill.
Lumbermens Merchandising Corp., Wayne, Penn.
Pacific Coast Building Products, North Highlands, Calif.
Roberts & Dybdahl, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa
Sealaska Wood Products Solutions, LLC, Yuba City, Calif.
Trinity Forest Industries, Inc., Hurst, Tex.

WWPA Service Associates

Anchor Insurance & Surety, Inc., Portland, Ore.
Aon Risk Insurance Services West, Inc., Portland, Ore.
Arch Wood Protection, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Blue Book Services, Carol Stream, Ill.
Forest2Market, Inc., Charlotte, N.C.
HALCO Software Systems, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
ISK Biocides, Memphis, Tenn.
Kop-Coat, Inc., Pittsburgh, Penn.
Lumbermen's Underwriting Alliance, Boca Raton, Fla.
Northwest Farm Credit Services, Spokane, Wash.
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Poyry Forest Industry Consulting, Oakville, Ontario
Signode, Greensboro, N.C.
Taylor Machine Works, Inc., Louisville, Miss. 

  Other Forest Products Associations

WoodWorks
A North American industry initiative to expand wood use in non-residential construction. 
American Lumber Standard Committee, Inc.
Oversees the North American lumber grading system.
American Institute of Timber Construction
Represents laminated wood products manufacturers.

American Forest and Paper Assn.
The national association for the forest products industry.

American Wood Council
Develops recognized standards for wood design and construction.
APA - The Engineered Wood Assn.
Plywood, panel and engineered wood products association.

Associated Oregon Loggers
The largest loggers association in the world.
California Redwood Assn.
The trade association for redwood lumber producers.

Evergreen Magazine
The world's most widely read forestry magazine.

Evergreen Building Products Assn.
Serves building material, service and secondary producers in Washington state and the Pacific Northwest.
MSR Producers Council
Representing producers of machine stress-rated lumber.

National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Assn.
Represents interests of the retail lumber and building materials industry.

North American Wholesale Lumber Assn.
Representing lumber wholesalers throughout North America.

Softwood Export Council
Conducts international marketing services for the Western wood products industry.

Southern Forest Products Assn.
Represents Southern pine lumber producers in the South.

Southern Pine Council
An association of Southern sawmills.

Western Red Cedar Lumber Assn.
Good resource for information on cedar lumber products.

Western Wood Preservers Institute
Western association representing the treated wood industry.

Moulding and Millwork Producers Assn.
Representing wood moulding and millwork manufacturers.

Wood Truss Council of America
The voice of the wood truss manufacturing industry.
Wood Products Council
A group of forest products associations, including WWPA, offering product information to users.

Forest Products Directories

Forest Products Industry Directory
Comprehensive list of wood products and forestry sites.   

Government, Educational, Forestry Sites

Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials
Detailed information on the environmental performance of wood.
Center for International Trade in Forest Products (CINTRAFOR)
Supports forest product export activities.

Oregon State University Forest Products Department
Training forest products professionals for tomorrow.

Oregon State University College of Forestry
Information on one of the largest forestry schools in the country.
Oregon Department of Forestry
Offers extensive information about the largest forest products-producing state in the nation.

University of Washington College of Resources
Providing knowledge and leadership for environmental and natural resource issues.
World Forestry Institute
Provides information regarding the world's forests and forest resources.

U.S. Forest Products Laboratory
Conducts research on forest, forest products to improve the use of wood.

U.S. Forest Service
Background on the agency responsible for overseeing national forests.

Forest Products Society
Fosters innovation and research for the forest products industry.

Forest History Society
Dedicated to preserving forest and conservation history.
Trees of the Pacific Northwest
Find out about the major species of trees growing in the West.
 

Other Sites of Interest

Crows Publications
Lumber market and price newsletter, now published by RISI.

Random Lengths
The source for information on forest products markets.

Timber Processing magazine
Covering the lumber, composite and engineered wood industries.

Hoover Treated Wood Products
Producing fire retardant treated wood products.
National Assn. of Home Builders
Association representing the home building industry.