Commercial forests are critical to the paper products industry, and likewise paper products play an important role in keeping the forestry industry strong. We explain why trees are used for many paper products rather than strictly recycled paper or hemp, and how the industry keeps up with the demand.
Read More “Why Trees are Irreplaceable in the Paper Products Industry”Working forests play a critical role in the quantity and quality of America’s water supply. We look at how the forestry industry not only protects water, but takes a proactive role in improving water supply.
Read More “Working Forests Protect Water Quality Across the U.S.”Trees are all around us, from obvious uses like lumber and paper, to more surprising uses like touch screens and medicines. In our #ItStartsWithTrees series, we look at the science that explains why thousands of products require trees. Today, we’re looking at products relating to health, hygiene and medicine.
Read More “Why Trees are in So Many Medical Products”Rayonier foresters spend more time planting trees than they do harvesting them. We look at the extensive planning and location-specific methods we use for planting trees in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, the U.S. South and New Zealand.
Read More “Rayonier Foresters Plant Millions of Trees Every Year”
The Rayonier team welcomed biologists to build a protective cave gate and collect data in an important bat habitat found in one of Rayonier’s Mississippi forests.
Read More “Rayonier Joins Wildlife Experts to Protect Forest Bat Cave”
A Rayonier biometrician and a French forestry engineer are collaborating on a project they hope inspires other researchers to seek insight from their peers around the globe.
Read More “Forestry Researchers Connect Across the World”Rayonier has invested millions of dollars to open more than 200 miles of stream habitat to salmon in the Pacific Northwest. We take you on site to one of our restoration projects.
Read More “How Foresters Restore Salmon Habitat in the Pacific Northwest”Rayonier’s genetic research team offers a behind-the-scenes look at how we use a carefully-controlled pollination process to breed our best-performing tree families.
Read More “How Foresters Use Controlled Pollination to Improve Tree Performance”
Rayonier is proud to welcome the Florida Forestry Teachers’ Tour to our land every year to learn about sustainable forestry. This intensive school teachers’ learning experience allows educators to gain a deep understanding of the important role forestry plays in the world.
Read More “Teaching the Teachers About Sustainable Forestry”Our genetics research team shows how grafting helps them save years of time in their ongoing quest to advance the quality of our trees.
Read More “Rayonier Researchers Save Time and Increase Quality with Grafting”Our New Zealand team partners with local conservation organizations, students and Māori to protect the kiwi, a threatened bird that is a national symbol, in the Omataroa Forest.
Read More “Saving the Kiwi”