CertFORNn PREMIUM'" REnwooD DECKINC

California Premium redwood decking is the top-of-the-line dimension lumber product in the cALtFORNTn RTOWOOO cOrupnruV Redwood Collection. lt is graded visually to limit knots and other characteristics that detract from its quality appearance. This makes it perfect for outdoor projects where high-quality appearance is demanded.

Redwood naturally resists shrinking and swelling. California Premium is air seasoned to reduce moisture content, making it even more dimensionally stable. This means that California Premium redwood decking goes down flat and stays flat.

Available in dimensions S4S EE: 2x6, pulled to lengths 8' - 20'

2x4, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12, 4x4 available in lengths of 8', | 0'/14', 16'/20' group

Caf l 1-8OO-637-7077 for distributor details and product specifications.

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Big Creek Lumber is relocating its Santa Cruz, Ca., store this spring to a larger 18,755-sq. ft. facility...

F o xw orth- G albr ait h Lumb e r closed its yard in Grand Junction, Co., and truss plant in Delta, Co., as well as its 8th St. yard in Yuma, Az., consolidating operations at its Foothills location

Sutherlands Lumber has acquired BMC West's vacated store in Fort Collins, Co., to consolidate its two local facilities

Ace Valley Supply, Redding, Ca., has purchased the former home of Frontier Hardware & Garden, Cottonwood, Ca., to open its 3rd location, ValIey West Hardware, in late April

Carter Bros. Ace Hardware has opened in Reno, Nv. ...

Ace Hardware opened a 13000sq. ft. store with 2J00-sq. ft. garden center Jan.2 in Burien, Wa.

Home Depot opened a 130,000sq. ft. store Feb. 19 in Auburn, Ca.; is still fighting to build a store in Grants Pass. Or.. and evacuated its Ceres, Ca., store Jan. 9 after a small fire broke out in its garden center; $10,000 ro $200@ in pool cleaning supplies was lost ...

Lowe's Cos. opened a new 117,000-sq. ft. store Feb. 6 in W. Eugene, Or., and a 103,000-sq. ft. unit Feb. 2 in Tempe, Az. ... the chain expects a 4th quarter 2009 opening in Indio, Ca., and received an extension on the draft environmental report for its proposed store in Sonora, Ca.

Meek's Lumber & Hardware, Sacramento. Ca.. has been Forest Stewardship C ouncil chain-of-custody certifiedby SmartWood

Friedman's Home Improvement, Santa Rosa, Ca., completed its

"Year of Green" in 2008 and was certified in the Sonoma Green Business Program

Parr Lumber, Hillsboro, Or., donated $37,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities it raised by selling special logo products during the holiday season

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MFP of Oregon closed its wholesale lumber tradins office in Lake Oswego, Or. ...

Weyerhaeuser C o., Federal Way, Wa., has permanently closed its sawmill and Pacific Veneer mill in Aberdeen, Wa., eliminating 121 jobs the corporation will repurchase up to $250 million of its outstanding shares

Weyerhaeuser threatened to demolish its OSB mill in Miramichi, N.B., if the Canadian government doesn't act soon on its proposed sale to Arbec Forest Products; it closed the mill two years ago and tentatively struck a deal with Arbec last summer

Senecs Sawmill Co., Eugene, Or., will begin construction this fall on a $45-million wood wastefired power plant, to be operational in 2010 ...

Sierra Pacific Industries eliminated the third shift at its sawmill in Anderson. Ca.. and cut the work week to 32 hours at mills in Burney, Quincy and Sonora, Ca.

F.H. Stohze Land & Lumber Co. temporarily shuttered its Columbia Falls, Mt., sawmill Feb. 2 for at least six weeks ...

Panel Products Co. indefinitelv idled its Rogue River, Or., plywood mill Jan. 9 due to market conditions

Bennett Lumber Products. Pdnceton,Id., cut back to a single shift...

Colville Indian Plywood & Veneer, Omak, Wa., has been temporarily idled, hoping to restart in the spring if plywood prices rebound: sister sawmill Colville Indian Precision Pine. Omak. continues operating ...

Potlatch Corp., Spokane, Wa., sold 24.800 acres of SW Arkansas timberland to RMK Timberland Group for $43.3 million; Potlatch retains 439,000 acres in the state

Ac c ent Window s, Westminster, Co., has filed for Chapter 1l bankruptcy protection ...

Doors in Motion, Scottsdale, Az., has been partially acquired by private equity firm Bl2 Capital Partners

Jackpine Forest Group, Williams Lake, B.C., filed for bankruptcy, citing no hope for recovery; most of its 100+ employeesincluding president and c.e.o. Gian Singh Sandhu-are out of work iLevel by Weyerhaeuser 's specialty wood building products have been Sustainable Forestry Initiative certified...

Sears Trostel Lumber & Millwork,Fort Collins, Co., received FSC certification ...

Timber Products, Springfield, Or., has earned California Air Resources Board certification of its hardwood plywood and particleboard mills in Medford,0r.

Bear Forest Products. Riverside Ca., is now distibuting Truemarc decking in Southern California and Arizona ... Hall Forest Products. Puyallup, Wa., is now distributing Truemarc in Washington, Northern Oregon, Alaska and Hawaii

All-Coast Forest Products's DC in Denver, Co., is now distributing LP SolidStart EWP, including Ijoists, LVL, LSL and rim board ...

East Teak Fine Hardwoods will distribute Titan Wood's Accoya Wood in North America and the Caribbean ...

Housing starts in December were expected to fall2.7Vo to an annual rate of 604.000-the lowest level since record-keeping began more than 50 years ago.

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