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FORECON Streamlines Operations and Gains Vital Insight with Unanet A/E
FORECON continues to explore improvements in business practices to increase customer value and improved overall company service offerings and efficiencies. Partnering with Unanet A/E, [...]
Russia Log Export Ban in 2022 -Implications to the Global Forest Industry
Chinese Imports of Softwood and Hardwood Wood Products Will Be Significantly Altered in 2022 if Russia's Log Export Ban Is Implemented We continue [...]
White Oak Poaching on Increase Amid Rising Popularity of Tennessee, Kentucky Spirits
From "Chattanooga Times Free Press, April 4, 2021" White Oak Poaching on Increase Amid Rising Popularity of Tennessee, Kentucky Spirits Tennessee Division of Forestry [...]
Successful Timber Sale Bidding Continues
The demand for quality hardwood timber continues, and we are experiencing a consistent uptick in both stumpage prices and bid participation depending on the [...]
With Change Comes … Change
Pretty philosophic title, huh? LOL – anyway, its immediately what came to mind when trying to summarize what several forest industry groups, including the [...]
Hardwood Lumber Market Update
As mentioned last time, we’ve been seeing definite improvement in our hardwood markets as both domestic and international demand continues and producers are still [...]
Vietnam’s Emergence as a Significant Consumer of US Hardwoods
For some of us it does not seem all that long ago when our nightly news casts were focused on the casualties and politics [...]
China to Extend Tariff Exclusions Through September 16, 2021
Ministry of Finance just announced (around 7:30 pm) to extend the tariff exclusion for the seven listed wood products to September 16, 2021. The original exclusion will expire on February 27, 2021
Japan might make satellites out of wood – here’s why it’s a great idea
As you know, wood is one of the most versatile building materials we have. New technologies have helped wood products compete with concrete and [...]
Hardwood Lumber Market Update
During the short hiatus from reporting on our hardwood markets, we’ve seen definite improvement in the demand for our region’s hardwood species – a [...]
A Bird’s Eye View of Fall Foliage and A Winter Forecast
As the days get shorter, the nights get cooler, the growing season comes to end, and mother nature certainly finds ways to show off [...]
Bruce Vincent shares his message ‘With Vision, There is Hope’
Recently we had a chance to catch an inspirational perspective on the forestry service sector from Bruce Vincent, a professional logger and speaker from [...]
Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Markets – Cautious Optimism?
As we continue to track our hardwood lumber market trends through the current COVID-19 situation, we are still seeing a relatively insignificant effect on [...]
Are Oregon’s 2020 Wildfires the Result of Climate Change?
Our good colleagues out west – Mason, Bruce & Girard – have recently taken a look at the current wildfire situation out west from [...]
Forester Friday – Spotlight on Travis Cunningham
Travis Cunningham is one of FORECON’s Staff Foresters and is based out of the Titusville, Pennsylvania office. His primary management responsibilities involve servicing some [...]
Hardwood Export Highlights
The most recent Hardwood Leader (September 2020), a publication put out monthly by the Hardwood Publishing Co., Inc., looked at export markets for both [...]
The Forest Landowners Association
The voice of forest landowners, The Forest Landowners Association (FLA) is a national advocate for forest landowners and businesses. The FLA members and directors [...]
South African Hardwood Market Opportunities for US Hardwoods
A recent study (July 29, 2020) done by the United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) shows another promising market outlet [...]
Forest Resource Specialist
The Falconer, New York Office & the Titusville, Pennsylvania Office of FORECON, Inc. have an immediate opening for a highly-motivated, full-time Forest Resource Specialist to assist in supervising and implementing FORECON’s Forest Resource Sector (FRS) project work.
Seasonal General Forestry Laborer
The Cortland & Falconer, New York Offices and the Titusville, Pennsylvania Office of FORECON, Inc. have immediate openings for highly-motivated, seasonal General Forestry Laborers. Opportunity for full-time employment dependent upon skills and job performance.
81.5 Acres; Randolph County, West Virginia
Property offers great hunting opportunities with easy access via road frontage on CR 64 / 4. Young timber stand of mixed hardwoods provides good food [...]
990 Acres; Clay County, West Virginia
This is a large tract that holds many different game species. The tract consists of mostly hardwood cover with hemlock is a lot of the drainage [...]
