Patrick Lumber is producing longer-length alder at its new hardwood mill in Philomath, Or., exceeding the traditional 12-ft. industry standard.

Red alder (Alnus rubra), once considered a trash species and useful only for fuel, grows abundantly in the Pacific Coast regions of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. It produces excellent ...

Red alder lumber has become increasingly popular for use in cabinets, doors, and other products. Character-marked lumber can have aesthetic and economic advantages for a number of applications- but ...

Accsys Technologies now offers the North American species red alder as part of its line of modified-wood products. Like the original Accoya wood, Accoya Alder undergoes a proprietary modification ...

EVERETT – Back in the 1960s, Fred Buse decided to take a gamble on an emerging new market for lumber cut from alder trees. People must have looked at him funny. The prevailing wisdom in the Northwest ...

MYRTLE POINT — A local alder mill is growing despite a recession that is hammering the lumber industry. W&L Lumber, formerly known as W&L Contractors, has added a lumber-drying kiln and a planer to ...

The owners of five alder mills have filed two new lawsuits against Weyerhaeuser Co. of Federal Way, alleging the forest products company illegally monopolized the alder industry. The suits seek, among ...