Press Releases

This is the third installment of F&W’s quarterly regional timber market series, and it arrives at a moment of heightened strain across the company’s operating footprint. Record diesel prices have emerged as the defining theme this quarter—mentioned by nearly every manager from Maine to California—squeezing logging and trucking margins and putting steady downward pressure on stumpage prices even where mill demand has held up. Dry weather compounded matters across much of the country, filling mill inventories and reducing demand. In the Northeast, those pressures are compounded by the closure of Finch Paper’s pulping facility, a serious blow to hardwood and softwood pulpwood markets across New York and New England that managers there describe as potentially lasting.

This is the second installment of F&W’s quarterly regional timber market series, drawing on first-hand reports from managers across the company’s footprint.  As in the spring, this quarter’s commentary is one of contrasts: pulpwood continues to absorb the brunt of mill closures, tightening quotas, and oversupply almost everywhere F&W operates, even as pine sawtimber, chip-n-saw, sawtimber, and poles hold steady or improve in several regions.

Beginning with the Spring 2026 issue of the F&W Forestry Report, we are introducing Regional Timber Market Commentary — a new quarterly feature highlighting timber market conditions across our operating footprint. Each quarter, managers from our regional offices will share on-the-ground observations from the areas they know best. This series provides a deeper look at the trends shaping timber markets in different parts of the U.S.—from pricing and mill activity to landowner sentiment and product demand. Just as importantly, these updates showcase the depth of knowledge and experience among F&W’s managers in the country’s major forestry regions. Their first-hand perspectives provide readers a clearer view of how regional dynamics influence broader market conditions—and to spotlight the individuals who serve as F&W’s “boots on the ground.” Their local expertise and real-time insights are key to helping clients make informed decisions and manage their timberland for long-term success.

F&W Forestry is pleased to share our inaugural Stewardship Report. While this marks our first formal publication, our legacy as trusted stewards of forestland spans back to our founding in 1962. At F&W, we take pride in our commitment to responsible forest management, guided by our enduring mission “To help clients maximize the value and enjoyment of their land and forest resources according to their individual objectives, needs, and desires – whether economic, aesthetic, environmental, or recreational.”

F&W Forestry Services, Inc., a global leader in forest resource management and sustainability, today announced that Everwood, an integrated player in the European forest management sector based in France, has invested in the company. It also announced a major geographic expansion of its U.S. operations into the Inland Empire region with the acquisition of Idaho-based Inland Forest Management.