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shortages next year will cause more mill closures and curtailments."

Possible solutions offered are increased Canadian imports, filling in with lumber from other U.S. producing areas or private timber for the short term or using logs originally intended for export to China.

Processed softwood exports, 3.266 billion bf in 1988, will reach 3.5 billion in 1989 and 3.7 billion in 1990 with 700/o coming from the west. Log exports will drop to 4.1 billion bf (log scale) in 1989, 3.8 billion bf in 1990. Softwood imports from Canada are expected to provide 28.40/o of U.S. consumption.

The board of directors left WWPA's grading service at its present rate of 250 per thousand. They asked that the Wholesaler and Distribution Yard survey be conducted on a biennial basis with results made available to members upon request. Support was voiced for taking a lead role in an $800,000 cross industry Targeted Export Assistance project for Australia.

Discussing quality standards, the board reviewed the procedure and progress of standards writing by the European Economic Community Eurocode Process. They also reviewed a letter to be sent to members and grading service subscribers advising that knot placement for 3x4 and 4x4 structural light lraming will be altered and approved the elimination of the No. I common grade for western red cedar and incense cedar.

Future fall meetings will be held in Monterey, 1990; Seattle, 1991: Coeur d'Alene, 1992, and San Diego, 1993. Spring meetings will be in San Francisco throueh 1993.

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L-P To Build in Baja, Mexico

Louisiana-Pacific's western division manager, Joe W. Wheeler, has confirmed a newspaper report concerning L-P's interest in building a manufacturing plant in El Sauzal, just north of Ensenada in Baja California, Mexico.

"Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Times was premature. Many of the specific detailed negotiations for construction of the plant are not complete," Wheeler said. "We also regret that the story appeared before all the division's employees and local government officials could be notified of the plan, our standard procedure with projects of this nature and magnitude."

He explained that plans currently call for L-P to ship green lumber by barge from the company's port facility on Humboldt Bay in Northern California to the facilities to be built in El Sauzal. In Mexico, the lumber will be air dried and planed, then shipped to lumber markets in Southern California and the Southwest, as well as other plants in Mexico (maquiladoras). Wheeler said the

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El Sauzal site could also process lumber from other countries and expand trade with the Pacific Rim.

"This area of Mexico averages only nine inches of rainfall a year, an obvious advantage for a lumber drying operation," he explained.

Wheeler also confirmed the company's tentative plans to build a particleboard plant at the site, using fiber from L-P's planing operations and from nearby maquiladoras and municipalities.

"We're planning this expansion into Mexico for a number of reasons," he said. "lt will allow us to add value to the redwood currently being manufactured by our Northern California mills. And by relying on barge shipments, the new facility will free us from the uncertainties surrounding rail service from California's north coast."

Wheeler said that L-P was invited to participate in the maquiladora program by the Mexican government and that both the company and government officials are excited about the prospects. He said investment in Mexico by U.S. companies was endorsed by California Governor George Deukmejian and the State Chamber of Commerce on a recent mission to Mexico.

"One thing to make clear is that no logs will be exported to the Baja site," Wheeler said. "This project will not export jobs. Instead it will help us maintain employment at our redwood mills in California."

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Oak Tables Top Charts

Oak continues its dominance of the Western furniture market, despite increasing use of cherrY and mahogany, according to a surveY bY the Northwest Hardwoods Division of Weyerhaeuser.

Of the occasional tables noted at the recent twice yearly furniture show in San Francisco, Ca., 34.70lo were red and white oak; 9.601,, cherry; 9.6%, pine; 90ft, mahoganY; 6.2010, burls; 4.3%, birch-maple; 4%, walnut; 2.6%, pecan hickoryl 2.2%, alder, and 2.1%, ash and elm.

Painted tables fell to 7.30/o from the previous show's 10.10/0.

By style, Contemporary Plummeted from 39.5% to 31.8%, while American Traditional climbed from 14.90/o to 23%. English and French Traditional enjoyed slight increases, while Oriental, Italian and Spanish experienced minor drops.

Loggers 1, Audubon SocietY O

Input from those in the forest industry threatening to boycott their product apparently caused Stroh Brewing Co. to drop sponsorship of a National Audubon Society television special.

Although the Detroit, Mi., company denies that contacts by loggers had any impact on their decision to withdraw $600,000 from the project, the forest industry considers the action a victory for their side. The program "Ancient Forests: Rage

Over Trees" ran on cable television in September with a public television run set for later. Actor Paul Newman hosts the show.

Although unconfirmed, rePorts have it that Stroh asked the Audubon Society to make changes in the program "to make it more lavorable to loggers." When the societY refused, funding was withdrawn. All the other sponsors followed with Exxon Corp., the Michelin GrouP, Ford Motor Co. and the Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. subsidiarY of Sears, Roebuck & Co. cancelling commercials.

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National Forest Products Week

National Forest Products Week will be observed Oct. 15-21 this year to acknowledge the contributions that forest products and the forest products industry have made to this country.

Reflecting the industry's commitment to America's future, the theme will be "Managing the Future of America's Forests." A kit is available from the American Forest Foundation and the American Forest Council to help individual companies tell the public the story of the industry's environmental sensitivity, its land stewardship, economic vitality and the convenience forest products bring to everYdaY life.

An advertising campaign will appear on television as well as in publications such as National Geographic and Omni.

Natl. Remodeling Gonference

Leading experts on the remodeling industry will meet in Los Angeles, Ca., Nov. l0 for the National Remodeling Outlook Conference sponsored by the National As- sociation of Home Builders. Patterned after the NAHB Housing Outlook conference, the meeting is for suppliers, manufacturers and others involved in remodeling.

Don't Give To Your Foes!

As part of the industry's concern about the protection of its forest management rights, the Western Wood Products Association, Portland, Or., is asking people to check the environmental position of organizations before contributing money.

Mac Epley, vice president, WWPA, explains, "Make sure they're not in business to Put You out of business."

WWPA suggests investigation of state or local organizations calling themselves "friends of, citizens for or save the ," as well as environmental councils, natural resources councils, conservation leagues, green alliances, native plant societies and wilderness groups.

Other organizations considered by WWPA to be antiforest management include Alpine Lakes Protection Society, Ancient Forest Alliance, American Wilderness Society, Animal

Protection Society, Cascade Holistic Consultants Inc., Cascadians, Cathedral Forest Action Group, The Conservation Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth First!, Earth Island Institute, Ecodefense, Environmental Action Inc., Environmental Defense Center, Environmental Defense Fund, Environmental Policy Institute.

Friends of the Earth, Fund for Animals, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Green Committees of CorresPondence, Greenpeace, Inc., Greenworld, Headwaters, Izaac Walton League, League of Conservation Voters, Mazamas, Middle Santiam Wilderness Coalition, Mountaineers, National Audubon Society, National Coalition Against Pesticides, National Parks and Conservation Association, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, North Cascades Conservation Council.

Obsidians, Oregon Environmental Council, Oregon Natural Resources Council, Recreation Equipment, Inc., Renewable Resource InstituteGreen Century Project, Rural Oregonians Against Deadly SPraYs, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Southern Oregon Citizens Against Toxic Sprays, Student Conservation Association, Sundance Institute, The Wilderness Society, Wolf Sanctuary and World Wildlife Federation.

Over a billion board feet of top quality forest products are sold by Hampton's lumber traders every year. Hampton is one of the industry's leadingwholesale lumber companies. Our 16 professional traders do much more than buy and sell lumber. Each is a specialist in his field, his job is to personally represent his customers and meet their specjal needs. Half of the billion board feetwe market annually comes from nine well established Pacific Northwest captive mills which provide a broad range of species and grades:

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Weyerhaeuser To Close 12 DCs

Weyerhaeuser will close l2 forest product distribution centers as part of a company wide refocusing to improve performance.

Asheville, N.C., Houston, Tx.. Orlando and Tampa, Fl., and Los Angeles (Hill St.), Ca., Weyerhaeuser Customer Service Centers are

Hardwood Message On In'9O

A message of the beauty and value of real hardwoods will again reach a target audience of tv viewers in 1990 via all-news cable channels CNN and CNN Headline News.

Emmet Vaughn, Emmet Vaughn Lumber Co., Knoxville, Tn., chairman of the Hardwood Institute committee, headed negotiations with Turner Broadcasting for a media buy increasing on-air viewing of the 30 second commercial to l9l spots, up from 168 spots this year.

Osgood Joins Tradewest Board

John R. Osgood has joined Tradewest Hardwood Co., Inc., Long among those identified for sale. Target date for completing the sale is the end of the year. In the meantime, the facilities will continue to operate. tsig W will continue to own and operate distribution outlets in most major markets and continue availability of products to all markets either directly or through other distributors, a spokesman said.

Beach, Ca., as chairman of the board.

In making the annoucement, president Thomas J. Flynn pointed out that Osgood, a fourth generation lumberman, brings 40 years of international lumber trading experience to the firm. He will head up Tradewest's hardwood lumber export program as well as help train personnel and plan future strategy.

Osgood worked with Robert S. Osgood, Inc., from 1949 to 1983, retiring as ceo. He has worked in the import/export divisions of several other companies with extensive travel in Asia. His recent trip with Flynn to launch Tradewest's export lumber program in Asia was his 50th.