Land Sale to Fund John Day Mill Upgrade

Ochoco Lumber Co.. Prineville. Or., will devote some of the funds from an $l8.5-million timberland sale to upgrading its Malheur Lumber Co. sawmill and biomass plant in John Day, Or.

Stafford Ranches, Fields, Or., purchased the 32,000 acres-called the Foley Butte Block-in Central Oregon, which Ochco had amassed over the last 35 years and had previously drawn logs from to feed its sawmill in Prineville. The company shut down the mill more than a decade ago, so is now focused on lands closer to its John Day operations.

It still owns about 15O00 acres in the John Day Valley and inked a 10year, $69-million deal with the U.S. Forest Service to harvest timber in the Malheur National Forest.

Two years ago, Ochoco announced plans to shut down the John Day mill

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due to a lack of local timber supply (see Sept. 2012, p.33), but now expects supply to exceed current capacity, necessitating addition of new equipment.

Stafford Ranches will use its new lands for logging and cattle grazing.

HD Supply Expands in No. Ca.

HD Supply Home Improvement Solutions, Roseville, Ca., opened its 12th branch Oct. 15 in Citrus Heights, Ca.

The new 46,000-sq. ft. location offers over 400,000 SKU's, with every item tagged with a QR code so shoppers can access additional product information using their smartphones.

Manke Lumber's smallJog mill in Tacoma, Wa., will be down most of November, to upgrade equipment. The planer mill will be idled for a briefer period, while its large-log mill in Tacoma continues to operate.

Galifornia Gascade Industries, Sacramento, Ca., is now distributing Henry Go.'s Blueskin VP100 housewrap.

Interfor is now marketing llim Timber's European lumber products in North America.

lnternational Wood Products added Havana Gold to the Trex Transcend Tropical decking colors stocked at its DCs in Clackamas and Medford, Or,, and Tumwater, Wa.

Potlatch Corp., spokane, wa., has aoreed to oav Resource Mana{ement Seniice LLC $384 million for 201.000 acres of timberland in Alabama and Mississippi.

The deal, expected to close late this year, will nearly double Potlatch's southern timberland holdings.

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Anniversaries: Dorris Lumber & Mouldinq Co., Sacramento, Ca., goth ... Kayu International, Tigard, Or., 20th Screw Products Inc., cig Harbor, wa., 1sth

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