Sawmill Closures, Openings, 

and Net Capacity Changes in 

the Softwood Lumber Sector, 

1996–2003 

Henry Spelter 

United States

Department of 

Agriculture 

Forest Service 

Forest 

Products 

Laboratory 

Research 

Paper 

FPL−RP−603 
Abstract 

From a starting universe of approximately 1,300 Canadian 

and American sawmills, 149 were permanently closed between 1996 and 2003. This figure does not include small 

portable or part-time operations. These mills represented 

17.6 million m3

 of capacity, nearly 12% of the 1995 industry 

total. On the other hand, 25 new mills brought on-line have 

offset 4.9 million m3

 of lost production potential. Further, 

upgrades to existing sawmills have added 31 million m3

 of 

capacity. The region most severely impacted by closures was 

the U.S. West, which accounted for over half of all the capacity lost. Other regions fared better, with the U.S. South 

and eastern Canada losing the least, the U.S. North and 

British Columbia taking somewhat higher losses. Overall, 

however, each major producing region gained capacity when 

all changes are accounted for. 

Keywords: softwood, sawmills, closures, capacity changes 

April 2002 

Spelter, Henry. 2002. Sawmill closures, openings, and net capacity changes 

in the softwood lumber sector, 1996–2003. Res. Pap. FPL-RP-603. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products 

Laboratory. 12 p. 

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Contents 

 Page

Introduction ........................................................................ 1

Data..................................................................................... 1

Summary............................................................................. 1

Literature Cited................................................................... 2

Appendix A—Data on Sawmill Closures, Openings, and 

 Capacity Changes ............................................................ 3

Appendix B—Sawmill Closures and Openings 

 by State, U.S. South......................................................... 3

Appendix C—Sawmill Closures and Openings 

 by State, U.S. North......................................................... 6

Appendix D—Sawmill Closures and Openings 

 by State, U.S. West.......................................................... 7

Appendix E—Sawmill Closures and Openings 

 by Province.................................................................... 10
Sawmill Closures, Openings, and Net 

Capacity Changes in the Softwood 

Lumber Sector, 1996–2003

Henry Spelter, Economist

Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin

Introduction 

This report documents the impacts of permanent sawmill 

closures, openings, and net capacity additions on the size of 

the softwood lumber industry in various regions between 

1996 and 2003. This period covers the duration of the 5-year 

Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between Canada and 

the United States in which lumber imports beyond certain 

limits (35 million m3

, plus small additional amounts depending on whether lumber prices reached a high enough level) 

were taxed. It also covers the year subsequent to the expiration of the agreement during which countervailing and 

dumping duties were preliminarily assessed on Canadian 

imports. Also during this period, the timber supply from 

western U.S. federal lands was for the most part shut off, 

causing log shortages for many mills. 

For the purposes of this report, an operation is considered to 

be a softwood sawmill if it has one or more log yards feeding one or more sawlines at a permanent site. This definition 

includes multiple mills at one site but excludes portable 

sawmills and small intermittently operating facilities. Mills 

that process both hardwoods and softwoods are included if at 

least 25% of the mill’s output is softwood. 

As thus defined, the softwood lumber sector in Canada and 

the continental United States consisted of about 1,300 sawmills in 1995. Over time, as economic conditions fluctuate, 

this number changes. Some mill owners decide to retire and 

sell out. Companies buy or merge with competitors. In response to short-term conditions, managers take curtailments, 

add or remove shifts, and schedule overtime or downtime. 

Of longer-term significance are decisions to build new mills, 

invest in capacity-boosting capital improvements in existing 

mills, or permanently shut facilities. This report explores the 

number of sawmills closed and opened and places this in the 

context of overall capacity changes that have impacted the 

softwood lumber sector. 

Data 

The data used for this analysis come from the periodic reports by Spelter and McKeever (1999, 2001) profiling softwood sawmills in the United States and Canada. A constantly updated file contains information on capacity 

changes, new mill constructions, and mill closures as they 

occur. Announcements reported in the trade press, company 

news releases, annual reports filed with the Securities and 

Exchange Commission (SEC), field reports from USDA 

Forest Service field offices, and information from trade 

associations are the primary sources for keeping the information current. Appendix A further explains how the data 

reported here were defined and arranged. 

Summary 

In total, 149 sawmills representing 17.6 million m3 of 

capacity closed between 1996 and 2002. Of these, 119, 

constituting 12.8 million m3

 of capacity (72% of the total), 

were located in the United States. The other 30, with 

4.9 million m3

 of capacity (28% of the total), were Canadian. 

Closures occurred over each year of the study (Table 1). The 

most heavily impacted period was 2001–2002, during which 

about half the capacity loss (8.4 of 17.6 million m3

) occurred. This period was preceded by a string of interest rate 

increases in the United States that resulted in a reduction in 

home-building activity and a mild recession in the general 

U.S. economy. These factors, however, helped induce a 

major decline in lumber prices that set the stage for consolidation. The period 1998–1999 also showed a large volume 

of closures (4.1 million m3

), representing nearly a quarter of 

the total capacity loss. Favorable economic conditions prior 

to that time and the import-restricting effects of the SLA 

led to a profitable sawmill environment that encouraged 

Table 1—Number and estimated capacities (million m3) of softwood 

sawmills closed 

 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Canadian 

 Number 4 8 7 2 2 2 3 2 

 Capacity 0.5 0.8 1.3 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.4 

U.S. 

 Number 16 9 12 14 9 30 26 3 

 Capacity 1.8 0.3 0.8 1.5 1.1 3.7 3.4 0.2 

Total 

 Number 20 17 19 16 11 32 29 5 

 Capacity 2.3 1.1 2.0 2.1 1.2 4.2 4.2 0.5 
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investments in capacity. When markets temporarily weakened in 1998, an oversupply situation developed as new 

capacity came on-line, pushing high-cost suppliers out. A 

major recession in Japan also hurt mills that depended on 

that market for a large share of their sales. These were located on the U.S. West Coast and in coastal British Columbia. The third period of high closures was 1995–1996. Cutbacks of U.S. federal timber sales continued to make for an 

especially tough operating environment for western U.S. 

mills as the price of timber in the West remained higher than 

prices in other regions. In other years, losses due to mill 

attrition averaged about 1 million m3

. 

These losses must be weighed against capacity increases 

resulting from construction of new mills and upgrading of 

existing facilities. Twenty-five new mills were constructed 

during the period, adding 4.9 million m3

 of capacity. Fifteen 

of these (59% of the total) were in the United States and 10 

(41%) were in Canada (Table 2). The most active period for 

new mill constructions was 1998–1999 when almost half the 

new mills became operational. 

The final element in capacity balances is changes to the 

capacities of existing mills because of upgrading. Estimates 

of such changes are summarized in Table 3. Overall, 

31 million m3

 of capacity was added by way of improvements to existing plants, with slightly more than half accruing to U.S. mills, slightly less than half to Canadian. The 

period 1998–1999 saw the greatest surge of activity. Data 

for recent years (2002–2003) do not account for all changes 

to existing mills because the sources relied upon in this 

publication were not yet available. 

Overall, in the United States, the loss due to permanent 

closures of 12.7 million m3

 amounted to 66% of the 

19.1 million m3

 increase attributable to new mill construction and old mill renovations. In Canada the 4.9 million m3

loss represented 30% of 16.7 million m3

 capacity gains. In 

both countries, closures were a small fraction of the increases until 2001–2002, when the rate of attrition almost 

equaled or surpassed the capacity gains. 

Table 4 summarizes closures by region in relation to starting 

(1995) capacity. By far the worst hit region was the U.S. 

West, where withdrawals of federal timber from the market 

in the early 1990s continued to exact a toll on mills unable to 

source alternative supplies of timber. Least affected were the 

eastern Provinces of Canada. In between, The U.S. North, 

U.S. South, and British Columbia lost capacity in roughly 

equal measure, with the U.S. South faring slightly better than 

the other two regions. 

Despite these difficulties, it is notable that all regions gained 

in capacity during the period. Eastern Canada was up the 

most, benefiting from technology that enabled its mills to 

more profitably convert its large reserves of small-diameter 

timber into lumber rather than pulp. The U.S. South’s capacity increased the second fastest as the region also benefited 

from small log sawing technology and the transfer of capacity from the timber-starved U.S. West. The two western 

regions, the U.S. West and British Columbia, fared the 

worst, yet even here there were overall gains in capacity as 

the remaining mills more than offset the losses through 

capital improvements. 

Literature Cited 

Spelter, H.; McKeever, T. 1999. Profile 1999: Softwood 

sawmills in the United States and Canada. FPL–RP–579. 

Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 

Spelter, H.; McKeever, T. 2001. Profile 2001: Softwood 

sawmills in the United States and Canada. FPL–RP–594. 

Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 

Table 2—Number and estimated capacities (million m3) of new softwood sawmills opened 

 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Canadian 

 Number 1 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 

 Capacity 0.1 0.2 0.9 0.8 0 0 0 0 

U.S. 

 Number 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 

 Capacity 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.5 

Total 

 Number 3 4 7 3 1 4 1 2 

 Capacity 0.2 0.6 1.4 1.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.5 

Table 3—Softwood sawmill capacity changes (million m3

) due to 

upgrades of existing mills 

 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Canada 1.4 2.4 2.7 4.6 2.0 0.5 0.9 0.0

U.S. 2.5 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.3 0.4 1.2 0.3

Table 4—Softwood sawmill capacity loss due to closures and net 

capacity gain as a percentage of 1995 capacity by State and Province 

1996– 

2002 

capacity 

loss 

(×106

 m3) 

1995 

capacity 

(×106

 m3)

Capacity 

loss (%) 

2002 

capacity 

(×106

 m3) 

1995– 

2002 net 

capacity 

gain (%) 

U.S. West 8.8 41.0 21 41.2 0.5 

U.S. South 3.3 38.5 9 43.7 13 

U.S. North 0.6 4.2 14 4.5 9 

Br. Col. 4.9 36.2 14 37.6 4 

E Canada 0.1 31.3 0.3 42.0 34 
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Appendix A—Data on Sawmill 

Closures, Openings, and 

Capacity Changes 

The database underlying this report contains information on 

capacity for each mill for each year of the period 1995–

2003. Many companies consider production and capacity 

data sensitive and do not give out precise information on 

these except on a proprietary basis for inclusion in industry 

censuses. Knowledge of these mills is mostly confined to 

general operating ranges or hourly or per shift capacity 

figures found in state mill directories maintained by departments of forestry or industry directories maintained by private publishers. For these, the capacity data are estimates. 

Even when made public, the numbers on mill capacity become available only with a long lag time. Thus, the more 

recent the year, the more the data can be outdated. A general 

check on the accuracy of overall capacity estimates obtained 

by summing the individual mills’ capacities is a comparison 

with annual reports on industry production by region. 

In considering the numbers on mill closures reported here it 

should be noted that a closed mill’s operating capacity is 

listed up to the reported year of closure. If a precise closure 

date was not given, the entire capacity was assigned to the 

final year of operation. If the date of closure was given, a 

number showing that portion of its annual capacity up to that 

time is retained in the cell. This means that the full impact of 

a capacity loss in such cases is spread out over 2 years when 

the contents of that cell finally become zero. For that reason, 

capacity estimates for 2003 are shown even though for most 

operations they are estimates based on continuations of past 

data. 

Appendix B—Sawmill Closures and Openings by State, U.S. South 

(Capacity shown in 1,000 m3/year) 

Alabama 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Loper Lumber Co Tuscaloosa 64 64 — — — — — — 

Jackson Saw Mill Co. Jackson 29 33 28 — — — — — 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. Lockhart 74 47 47 47 — — — — 

Hampton Lumber Sales Centreville 64 64 64 64 35 — — — 

U.S. Forest Industries Abbeville 236 236 236 236 236 236 — — 

Mills opened 

Gulf States Paper Moundville — — 142 224 260 260 260 260 

Rocky Creek Lumber Co. Mexia — — — — — — 47 153 

Notes: 

The Gulf States mill and Loper Lumber Co. were under the same ownership. When the former started, the latter was shut down. 

The U.S. Forest Industry mill was shut following the company’s declaration of bankruptcy. 

Not listed are Coastal Lumber Co. in Thomasville, which burned down but is being rebuilt, and East Alabama Lumber Co., 

 which was sold but remains open under different ownership. 

Arkansas 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

International Paper Corp. Whelen Springs 35 35 35 35 47 47 35 — 

Weyerhaeuser Co. Mountain Pine 236 182 236 236 271 271 295 — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 
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Florida 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Ocala Lumber Sales Co. Ocala 17 17 17 17 17 — — — 

U.S. Forest Industries Graceville 142 142 142 142 142 177 177 — 

Mills opened 

International Paper Corp. McDavid — — — — — — 342 366 

Note: The U.S. Forest Industry mill was shut following the company’s declaration of bankruptcy. 

Georgia 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. Statesboro 59 59 59 59 — — — — 

International Paper Corp. Waycross 24 26 33 33 33 33 — — 

International Paper Corp. Washington 413 413 413 437 437 437 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Notes: 

The International paper mill at Waycross was a stud processing satellite facility attached to the plywood mill, which when it 

 closed led to the closing of the studmill. 

Not listed are Balfour Lumber Co., which closed but reopened and operates as Beadles Lumber Co.; Metcalfe Lumber Co., 

 which reopened and is operating, and Del-Cook Lumber Co., which is for sale but operating. 

Louisiana 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Boise Cascade Fisher 189 203 203 203 — — — — 

Hunt Lumber Co. Castor 130 130 130 130 130 130 — — 

Mills opened 

Willamette Taylor — — — 21 118 118 120 120 

Note: Not listed is Louisiana–Pacific’s closed mill in Bernice, which was bought and reopened by Leesville Lumber. 

Maryland 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Spicer Church Creek 11 11 11 11 11 12 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 
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Mississippi 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Neshoba Lumber Philadelphia 89 78 83 89 0 94 94 — 

Wiggins Lumber Co. Wiggins 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 — 

International Paper Corp. Morton 319 323 330 330 330 330 330 91 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Note: The International Paper mill in Morton is scheduled to close in the Spring of 2002. 

North Carolina 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. Henderson 83 83 94 94 94 94 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

South Carolina 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Westvaco Corp. Cameron 28 26 28 28 — — — — 

B. L. Mims & Son Lumber Co. Edgefield 12 12 12 14 15 15 — — 

Smurfit Stone Orangeburg 283 283 283 283 283 130 — — 

Georgia Pacific Varnville 153 165 170 170 170 170 170 — 

Dickert Lumber Co. Newberry 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 — 

Mills opened 

Willamette Chester — — — — — 45 92 92 

Texas 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. New Waverly 212 35 35 35 35 — — — 

Ogletree Forest Prod. Livingston 10 10 10 13 10 — — — 

Dean Lumber Co. Gilmer 25 24 24 24 24 24 — — 

Walker Brothers Lumber Co. Huntsville 35 35 35 35 35 35 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None --------------------------------------------- 

Virginia 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Smurfitt Stone West Point — — — 59 59 59 59 — 

Coastal Lumber Co. Suffolk 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 — 

Mills opened 

ArborTech Ft. Pickett — — — — — — 106 153 

Note: The Smurfitt Stone mill, otherwise known as St. Laurent Paperboard, was converted from hardwoods to softwoods before 

being permanently shut down. 
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Appendix C—Sawmill Closures and Openings by State, U.S. North 

Maine 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Marriner Lumber Co. Brunswick 4 4 4 4 4 3 — — 

Sherman Lumber Co. Shermon Station 9 7 7 7 7 7 — — 

International Paper Corp. Costigan 177 201 191 194 194 194 65 — 

International Paper Corp. Passadumkeag 201 203 198 201 201 201 67 — 

Mills opened 

Highland Lumber Co. Dixfield — 26 85 85 85 85 100 100 

Daaquam Costigan — — — — — — — 212 

Notes: The closed International Paper mill in Costigan was purchased by Daaquam, which is building a new mill at the site, 

possibly opening in late 2002, more likely in 2003. The Georgia–Pacific mill in Baileyville (Woodland) reopened following 

temporary curtailment. 

Minnesota 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Wadena Sawmills Osage 14 14 — — — — — — 

Red Lake For. Prod. Redby 35 35 35 — — — — — 

Hedstrom Lumber Co. Two Harbors 19 19 24 24 24 24 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Vermont 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Burke Lumber Co. West Burke 55 43 51 51 51 25 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 
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Appendix D—Sawmill Closures and Openings by State, U.S. West 

Arizona 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Precision Pine Eagar 19 19 — — — — — — 

Precision Pine Winslow 83 83 83 83 — — — — 

Stone Forest Industries Eagar 109 109 109 109 — — — — 

Reidhead Bros Lumber Co. Nutrioso 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Notes: Between 1992 and 2001 Arizona had lost most of its lumber industry. Remaining mills are primarily Native Tribal owned 

operations with their own timber base. 

California 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Norby Lumber Madera 47 — — — — — — — 

Sierra Pacific Industries Hayfork 189 — — — — — — — 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. Trinidad 47 47 47 — — — — — 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. Samoa 153 142 142 — — — — — 

P&M Cedar Prod. Pioneer 118 118 118 24 — — — — 

Hi-Ridge Lumber Co. Yreka 130 179 179 165 17 — — — 

Sequoia Forest Industries Dinuba 92 92 94 94 94 47 — — 

Eel River Sawmills Redcrest 177 153 153 153 153 153 — — 

Sierra Pacific Industries Loyalton 208 208 201 189 236 236 — — 

Pacific Lumber Co. Scotia 472 472 472 472 472 472 472 — 

Big Valley Lumber Co. Bieber 189 111 111 111 111 111 57 — 

Wisconsin–California FP Redding 118 142 142 142 142 142 142 47 

Mills opened 

Louisiana–Pacific Corp. Ukiah 0 83 165 165 165 165 165 165 

Colorado 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

U.S. Forest Industries South Fork 148 149 153 153 153 153 153 — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Note: The U.S. Forest Industry mill was shut following the company’s declaration of bankruptcy. 
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Idaho 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Boise Cascade Council 21 — — — — — — — 

Louisiana Pacific Post Falls 71 — — — — — — — 

Crown Pacific Old Town 94 94 — — — — — — 

Channel Lumber Co. Craigmont 28 28 — — — — — — 

Producers Lumber Co. Boise 38 38 19 — — — — — 

Crown Pacific Sandpoint 71 71 35 — — — — — 

Gem State Lum Co. Julietta 42 24 24 — — — — — 

Boise Cascade Horseshoe Bend 120 132 132 99 — — — — 

Rayonier Plummer 165 165 165 118 — — — — 

Central Idaho For. Prod. Princeton 47 47 47 47 47 47 — — 

Croman Corp. Boise 165 142 153 153 153 94 — — 

Poxleitner Sawmill Keuterville 9 9 9 9 9 9 — — 

Camas Prairie Lumber Craigmont 28 28 35 35 47 47 — — 

Boise Cascade Cascade/Emmett 158 198 198 224 224 224 112 — 

Crown Pacific Coeur d'Alene 201 201 236 236 236 236 236 — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None ----------------------------------------- 

Note: Not listed is Crown Pacific in Bonners Ferry, which was taken over and operated by Louisiana Pacific. 

Montana 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Border Lumber Co. Rexford 65 65 — — — — — — 

J.D. Lumber Judith Gap 56 52 — — — — — — 

Tri River Lumber Sales 

Thompson 

Falls 5 5 5 — — — — — 

Darby Lumber Co. Darby 83 83 71 71 — — — — 

Lumber Products Dillon 12 12 12 12 12 12 — — 

American Stud Co. Olney 175 201 227 260 260 118 — — 

Tongue River Lumber Co. Ashland 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 — 

Mills opened 

North End Timber Olney — — — — — — 35 59 

Note: Not listed are Berg Lumber Co., which was reopened as Crowder Lumber Co.; Owens and Hurst, which reopened; 

and Pyramid Mountain Lumber Co., which obtained financing and continues to operate. 

New Mexico 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Tricon Timber Cimarron 21 26 26 52 57 57 19 — 

Mills opened ------------------------------------ None ------------------------------------------- 

Notes: Studmill burned and owner decided not to rebuild. 
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Oregon 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Cone Lumber Co. Goshen 12 — — — — — — — 

Lakeview Lumber Co. Lakeview 12 — — — — — — — 

Modoc Lumber Co. Klamath Falls 38 — — — — — — — 

Oregon Cedar Prod. Springfield 160 — — — — — — — 

Crown Pacific Bend 295 — — — — — — — 

Beaver Lumber Co. Clatskanie 47 — — — — — — — 

Caffal Bros. Oregon City 83 — — — — — — — 

Medford Corp. White City 189 94 — — — — — — 

TreeSource/Pac. Soft. Philomath 146 146 146 — — — — — 

TreeSource/Phil. FP Philomath 288 260 257 — — — — — 

Spalding & Sons Grants Pass 120 120 120 120 — — — — 

Burrill Lumber Co. White City 142 142 177 142 — — — — 

Weyerhaeuser Co. Coos bay 236 236 236 189 — — — — 

Boise Cascade Medford 47 47 47 47 — — — — 

Vanport Manufact Boring 142 142 142 142 142 — — — 

Boise Cascade Elgin 208 208 208 208 106 — — — 

Frontier Heppner 133 133 133 133 35 — — — 

QV&L/Young & Morgan Mill City 139 139 139 139 139 139 — — 

QV&L/Hanel Hood River 130 130 130 151 212 212 — — 

Roseburg Dillard #1/Winston 208 208 224 271 271 236 — — 

P&M Cedar Roseburg 47 47 47 47 47 47 — — 

Tree Source North Powder 137 137 137 137 137 137 — — 

Tree Source Central Pt. 111 111 113 137 139 142 24 — 

Crown Pacific Prineville 132 130 130 130 156 170 170 — 

Ochoco Lumber Co. Prineville 92 92 92 118 118 118 59 — 

Warm Springs F P Warm Springs 142 142 153 196 196 196 196 — 

Joseph Timber Co. Joseph 47 59 59 59 59 59 59 — 

Mills opened 

Southport For. Prod. Coos Bay — — — — 71 99 99 99 

Notes: Not listed are Crown Pacific at Gilchrist, which is open, and Taylor Lumber and Treating, which was taken over by 

 Pacific Wood Preservative Co. 

Utah 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Kaibab For. Ind. Panguitch 71 24 — — — — — — 

Gt. Lakes Timber Co. Fort Duchesne 17 17 14 — — — — — 

Utah Forest Prod. Escalante 94 94 106 118 158 120 106 — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None ------------------------------------------ 
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Washington 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Vaagen Bros. Ione 59 — — — — — — — 

Pope & Talbott Port Gamble 71 — — — — — — — 

Louisiana Pacific Wall Walla 212 — — — — — — — 

Paxport Mills Inc. Tacoma 47 — — — — — — — 

Barbee Mill Co. Renton 71 71 71 71 35 — — — 

Hampton Affiliates Packwood 236 236 236 236 236 — — — 

Quality Veneer & Lumber Hoquiam 71 71 71 71 71 71 — — 

Enterprise Lbr. Arlington 85 85 85 85 85 85 — — 

Encore Group Sedro Woolley 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 — 

Mills opened 

Crown Pacific Port Angeles — — — 106 236 295 295 307 

Yakama White swan — — — — — — — 85 

Sierra Pacific Aberdeen — — — — — — — 189 

Note: The Sierra Pacific mill is scheduled to come on line late 2002 or early 2003. 

Wyoming 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Sheridan For. Prod. Sheridan 7 — — — — — — — 

Pope & Talbott Newcastle 76 76 76 76 76 42 — — 

Mills opened ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Appendix E—Sawmill Closures and Openings by Province 

Alberta 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed ---------------------------------------- None --------------------------------------------- 

Mills opened 

Alberta Plywood Slave lake — — — 83 83 83 83 83 
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British Columbia 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Weldwood Williams Lake 236 — — — — — — — 

Doman New Westminster 231 — — — — — — — 

Evans Forest Prod. Donald 227 — — — — — — — 

Inter. For. Prod. Pitt Meadows 221 — — — — — — — 

C GED For. Prod. Kitwanga 102 74 — — — — — — 

Campbell River Campbell River 176 176 — — — — — — 

Howe Sound Cheekye 28 28 — — — — — — 

Inter. For. Prod. Fort Langley 227 227 — — — — — — 

Jones Ties and Poles (78) Rossland 17 17 — — — — — — 

Teeslee For. Prod. Tache 51 102 — — — — — — 

TF Specialty Vancouver 11 11 — — — — — — 

Tolko North Vancouver 176 193 — — — — — — 

CanFor Vancouver 238 261 289 — — — — — 

Ainsworth Lilooet 85 85 85 — — — — — 

Ainsworth 100 Mile House 249 249 249 — — — — — 

Inter. For. Prod. Port Moody 181 198 198 — — — — — 

Weyerhaeuser Can Powell River 79 108 74 — — — — — 

Weyerhaeuser Can Lumby 187 227 204 — — — — — 

Weyerhaeuser Can Merritt 210 210 227 — — — — — 

CanFor Prince George 255 396 402 402 — — — — 

Tembec Cranbrook 238 238 238 238 — — — — 

Milestone FP Kamloops 45 45 45 45 45 — — — 

CIPA Lumber Co. Nanaimo 181 181 189 189 203 203 — — 

Inter. For. Prod. Coquitlam 351 351 351 351 396 396 319 — 

West Fraser Pr Rupert 153 147 204 204 215 215 215 — 

TimberWest Forest Youbou/Cowichan 170 187 215 236 236 236 59 — 

Doman–Western Tahsis 238 334 266 295 295 295 295 295 

Weyerhaeuser Can. Vancouver(W. Pine) 283 283 283 295 295 295 295 59 

Mills opened 

W Chilcotin For. Prod. Nimpo Lake 0 0 0 224 224 224 224 224 

New Brunswick 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

Repap Newcastle 21 21 21 21 21 21 — — 

Mills opened 

J D Irving Doaktown — 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 
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Ontario 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed 

A&L LaFreniere 30 30 30 30 30 — — — 

Mills opened 

Weyerhaeuser Ears Falls — — 83 307 307 307 307 307 

Quebec 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed ---------------------------------------- None -------------------------------------------- 

Mills opened 

Gerard Crete & Fils La Tuque — — 83 117 118 118 118 118 

Domtar Wasnawipi — — — 28 76 83 83 83 

Kruger Regueneau — — — 118 212 236 319 319 

Uniforet Scierie Pate Port Cartier — — — 236 472 555 555 555 

Scierie Opitciwan Obedjiwan — — — — 59 61 61 61 

Saskatchewan 

 Location 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 

Mills closed ---------------------------------------- None ---------------------------------------------- 

Mills opened 

Wappaweka Lumber Buckland — — — — 71 142 170 170