The American Forest Useful resource Council (AFRC) introduced RY Timber as its latest member. The corporate at the moment operates a stud mill in Livingston, Montana, and is among the prime structural lumber producers within the state.
Within the spring of 2020, RY idled its Townsend, Montana sawmill citing a scarcity of timber to run at full manufacturing. 100 jobs had been misplaced. The company workplace in Townsend stays open and the corporate anticipates restarting the Townsend mill as soon as extra federal timber turns into out there.
“RY Timber is a vital member of Montana’s wooden merchandise trade and we’re excited to have them as our member,” mentioned AFRC President Travis Joseph. “We look ahead to working with RY to assist enhance federal forest administration in Montana so this firm and others can develop, rent extra employees, and proceed to supply high-quality lumber to fulfill America’s wants.”
“AFRC supplies a service that’s laser targeted on rising timber provide from federal lands. We stay hopeful that the affiliation’s technical experience and their sturdy authorized presence in Area 1 will assist enhance Montana’s log provide drawback,” mentioned Ed Regan, Useful resource Supervisor at RY Timber.
AFRC is a regional commerce affiliation whose goal is to advocate for sustained yield timber harvests on public timberlands all through the West to boost forest well being and resistance to fireside, bugs, and illness.