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It’s Not Just North Idaho

Cedar is loaded for export to the United States at Interfor's mill in Squamish, B.C. Canada has suspended softwood lumber talks with the United States. (File/Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
Cedar is loaded for export to the United States at Interfor's mill in Squamish, B.C. Canada has suspended softwood lumber talks with the United States. (File/Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
Cedar is loaded for export to the United States at Interfor's mill in Squamish, B.C. Canada has suspended softwood lumber talks with the United States. (File/Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

“Wood and paper consumption fell by 8.5 percent last year in Europe, North America and the former republics of the Soviet Union as a sharp decline in U.S. housing construction took its toll on the industry, a U.N. body said Tuesday.” http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/aug/05/forest-products-industry-struggling/

Anyone care to venture a guess as to the long-term prognosis of the timber industry?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog