Forest2Market to Present at Olympic Logging Conference in Victoria, BC

Joel Swanton will be representing Forest2Market and speaking at the upcoming “Families in the Forest” conference sponsored by Olympic Logging Conference in Victoria, British Columbia (BC) from April 25 -27, 2018. The 73^rd annual event is being held at the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria.

Joel is scheduled to speak on Thursday, April 26 during the second morning session at 9:45 a.m., and his presentation will focus on a general North American log and fiber update as well as regional comparisons between the Pacific Northwest and the US South markets, including:

• Sawmill decline over the last decade
• Housing market and global lumber supply/demand
• Delivered sawtimber costs
• Global softwood fiber prices and end product demand
• Regional exports and global wood supply trends

The Olympic Logging Conference brings together people who are involved in the forest products industry of Western Washington State and offers a forum where attendees can network with one another. Roughly 275 people attend the conference, all from various industry backgrounds: timber purchasers and sellers, log conversion representatives, logging and log trucking contractors and private and public landowners.