Sierra Pacific
Into the Woods: This Outsider Company Sees a Revival in Washington’s Lumber Industry
Sierra Pacific Industries finds promise and profit in the old-fashioned industry.
CUTTING ROOM: The new Sierra Pacific Industries sawmill in Shelton, viewed here from Oakland Bay, an estuarial arm of Puget Sound, is expected to employ 200. Washingtons lumber-producing sector, the states original heavy industry, is a shadow of what it once was. Decades of constricted log supply, competition from Canadian imports, the housing-led recession and…