Sierra Pacific Industries is the second-largest lumber producer in the United States. A privately held company, it was co-founded in 1949 by R. H. Emmerson and his son, A. A. "Red" Emmerson, the long-
On 16 August 2017 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between parties interested in reducing wildfires on federal, state and Sierra Pacific Industries land in California. Members of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and U.S. Forest Service joined Mark Emmerson of SPI (second right) in making the declaration.
Tree marker indicating property of Sierra Pacific Industries
A.A. Emmerson (second from left) and Dan Tomascheski (second from right) of SPI at a meeting on wildfire mitigation during the 2018 Carr Fire
Lumber, also called timber or fine wood in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes, including beams and planks or boards. Lumber i
Sierra Pacific Industries
…Logging in the Sierra Nevada arose from the desire for economic growth throughout California. The California Gold Rush created a high demand for timber in housing construction, mining procedures, and building railroads. In the early days, forest harvesting was unregulated, and within the first 20 years…
Wood cut from Victorian Eucalyptus regnans
The harbor of Bellingham, Washington, United States, filled with logs, 1972
A sawmill with the floating logs in Kotka, Finland
A common 50 by 100 mm (2-by-4-inch) board