Softwood Forest Products Buyer - November/December 2023

Chris Schofer
Who’s Who in Softwoods
Chris Schofer is sales manager for J.H. Huscroft Ltd.,
located in Creston, BC.
J.H. Huscroft is a family-owned and operated sawmill
that has been in operation since 1927. The company
offers a variety of high quality Softwood lumber products,
including: ESLP and DFL boards and pattern stock, and
Douglas Fir and Larch dimension, and Lamstock.
Schofer was born and raised in Creston, BC, and earned
a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major
in marketing from the University of Lethbridge, located in
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Mike Elmore is the Regional Sales Manager – South for
Culpeper Wood Preservers, whose corporate office is located
in Culpeper, VA. Elmore has been with the company for
over a year. Culpeper Wood Preservers is the trusted brand
that produces pressure treated lumber in the South, Mid-West,
Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. They sell and purchase upward
of 500 million board feet of lumber annually.
Culpeper Wood Preservers carries 1x boards such as No.
Mike Elmore 2, Appearance Grade, Clears in PT SYP KDAT and WET,
2x dimension in Clears, No. 1 and 2 Prime, No. 1, No. 2, PT WET and KDAT PT
SYP, 5/4, 2x6, decking in Clear, Gold, Select, Standard, Premium PT SYP AG or
GC and KDAT. Heavy treated and untreated timbers, treated fence pickets, treated
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Winners Of The 2023 Mass Timber Competition
Will Inspire Broader Adoption Of The Material
In Commercial Structures
Kody Miller is the sales coordinator for the Lumberton,
MS, branch of Idaho Forest Group (IFG), headquartered
in Coeur D’Alene, ID. IFG is a lumber manufacturer that
produces 1.3 billion board feet annually.
IFG handles White Hemlock and Douglas Fir, Cedar,
Larch, Southern Yellow Pine, Ponderosa and White Pine,
Englemann Spruce and Lodgepole Pine, in a variety of sizes
and grades.
IFG has tripled in size since 2009 and has embraced the
Kody Miller
newest technology, while leaning heavily on data and analytics
to provide the most value to their products. IFG also offers lumber
Shawn Chaney is a member of the sales team at Boise
Cascade Building Materials Distribution, located in
Lathrop, CA.
Boise Cascade Co. is a leading national distributor of
lumber and building materials with 38 distribution facilities
across the U.S. The company offers a one-stop shopping
experience for a broad and deep line of building materials
sourced from Boise Cascade’s wood products division and
other quality manufacturers. Products offered include engineered
wood, oriented strand board, plywood, lumber, siding
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Shawn Chaney
and other key building materials such as framing accessories, composite decking,
roofing and insulation.
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Positioning Wood Products As Climate
Solutions For Built Environment
By: Jackson Morrill
President & CEO of the American Wood Council
Table of Contents
FEATURES
GBM, 20 Years................................1
NELMA, 90th Anniv.......................1
LAT, 137th.......................................1
Landmark Lumber Group.............4
NAWLA Regional, TX.....................5
NAWLA Speed Dating III...............6
SFPA EXPO....................................7
SCMA Hosts...................................8
NELMA, 90 Years...........................9
WRCLA, Real Cedar ...................10
DEPARTMENTS
Who's Who in Softwoods.............2
AWC News......................................2
APA News.......................................2
NAWLA News.................................2
SLB News..................................... 11
Washington Report.....................32
Retail Review...............................34
Northeast Bus. Trends................36
Inland West Bus. Trends.............36
Midwest Bus. Trends...................... 37
West Coast Bus. Trends...............37
Southeast Bus.Trends...................38
Ont./Quebec Bus. Trends...........38
Stock Exchange......................54-58
Industry News..............................60
Calendar.......................................66
Classified Opportunities.............66
Index of Advertisers....................66
LEADERS
IN LUMBER.
NICHOLSON & CATES LTD.
Serving North America for Nearly a Century
Photo of interior space in Woolsey Gardens.
Photo by Design by SCB Architects
This October, the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and the USDA Forest Service
announced five winners of the 2023 Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net-
Zero Carbon. The winning projects, which include both market-rate and affordable
multifamily housing as well as a mixed-use community center, received
funds totaling $2.2 million to demonstrate mass timber's applications in architec-
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APA Honors John Murphy As 2023 Bronson J.
Lewis Award Recipient
John Murphy has been named the 2023 Bronson J. Lewis honoree. Now in
its 18th year, the Bronson Lewis Award recognizes individuals for their leadership
and outstanding contributions to the engineered wood industry. Murphy was
presented with the award at the APA Annual Meeting in Palm Desert, California.
The meeting took place Oct. 14-17, 2023. The award is named in honor of the late
Bronson Lewis, who served 24 years as secretary and then executive vice president
of APA – The Engineered Wood Association.
Having served the industry for over 50 years, Murphy’s dedication and contributions
are well-respected. He is the third generation to lead the Murphy Company
as current president and CEO.
Born in Portland, Oregon, Murphy moved to Florence, Oregon, in 1973 to help
operate the Murphy Company’s Cushman, Swisshome and Myrtle Point veneer
mills. Just a few years later, in the early 1980s, he operated his first plywood mill
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The world is catching on quickly to the fact that the
built environment is a major contributor to greenhouse
Jackson Morrill gas emissions, and there are some significant initiatives
that have recently launched that will be critical in defining
what policies and approaches are taken to reduce those emissions.
At Climate Week NYC last month, AWC attended a CEO Dialogue on Built
Environment Transformation hosted by the World Business Council on Sustainable
Development (WBCSD). At that event, the French Government announced
plans for a first ever “Ministerial Forum on Buildings and Climate,” to be held
March 7-8, 2024, in Paris. This event will bring together stakeholders from
“governments, business, finance and civil society organizations, around a joint
commitment and call to action to decarbonize the building sector and make it
more resilient.”
At an all-day workshop attended by AWC and hosted by WBCSD the following
day, we learned of another initiative, entitled “Built Environment Market Trans-
A Great Year for NAWLA
By The NAWLA Editor
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It’s hard to believe that 2023 is already coming to an end but with 2024 fast approaching,
we’d like to take a few moments to reflect on this past year and all the
success NAWLA has had.
2023 Highlights
Traders Market
The industry event of the fall, the 2023 Traders Market is gearing up to be
another successful event for NAWLA. At the time of this article’s writing in early
October, NAWLA is already excited to be welcoming over 15 sponsoring companies,
over 200 exhibitors and over 1,100 attendees to Columbus, Ohio.
Regional Meetings
From April through September, NAWLA and its Regional Meeting Committees
hosted seven local meetings across the United States and Canada in which
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