Hampton Lumber Announces $25,000 Endowment at Centralia College for Skilled Trades
April 10, 2024 – Hampton Lumber is pleased to announce the establishment of a permanent endowed scholarship for the benefit of Centralia College students interested in enrolling full time in a skilled trades degree program. Hampton operates two sawmills in east Lewis County in the communities of Randle and Morton. Hampton purchased these two mills, also known […]
Trans-Pacific Trading now TRAPA Forest Products
April 8, 2024 – Trans-Pacific Trading, a Hampton Lumber affiliate company, has changed its name to TRAPA Forest Products effective April 8th, 2024. This change will encompass all of the affiliated offices in Canada, United States, and Japan. This change better reflects the company’s position in the forest industry space, distinguishing itself from a general trading company, […]
Hampton Lumber Announces $1,000,000 Donation to Barbara Roberts CTE Center in Sheridan, OR
March 18, 2024 – Today, Hampton Lumber announced a $1 million donation to the Sheridan School District to assist in development of the Barbara Roberts Career Technical (CTE) Center in Sheridan, OR. The planned 24,000 square-foot facility will offer hands-on training opportunities to high school students in Sheridan and the surrounding school districts. There is great disparity […]
Hampton Lumber responds to approval of Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan
March 7, 2024 – Today, a controversial Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for State Forests that will reduce timber harvests by 34 percent and result in billions of dollars of lost revenue for the next 70 years has been narrowly approved by a divided Board of Forestry. The agency and the Board realized back in […]
Hampton Lumber Announces Sawmill Closure in Banks, OR
January 9, 2024 Hampton Lumber today announced the indefinite closure of its sawmill in Banks, Oregon, where operations have been curtailed since October. “We are well aware of the detrimental impact a sawmill closure has on employees, their families, and the surrounding community,” said Hampton CEO, Randy Schillinger. “I want to thank our Banks employees for […]
Hampton Lumber Names New Chief Executive Officer
Portland, OR, May 23, 2023 – Hampton Lumber leadership is pleased to announce that Randy Schillinger will join Hampton Lumber & Family Forests as its new CEO, effective June 26, 2023. Randy has over 25 years of experience in the Pacific Northwest wood products industry. He began his career with Weyerhaeuser in 1998 where he […]
Restoring National Forests One Project at a Time
June 23, 2022 – National Forests in Washington are experiencing uncharacteristic and catastrophic wildfire, insect and disease epidemics, drought, climate-related warming conditions, habitat loss, and hydrologic events. Stewardship projects like the U.S. Forest Service’s Mission Restoration Project in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest aim to restore forest vegetation to historical conditions and improve overall ecosystem health […]
Student winners of Hampton lumber wrap design contest announced
Portland, OR – Early this year, Hampton Lumber launched its first lumber wrap design contest for high school students living in and around communities where the company operates sawmills. Six winning designs were selected from around 120 submissions. Contest participants were asked to create designs that reflect the local area and the importance of working […]
Hampton Lumber Purchases 18,000 acres of Timberland in SW Washington
Portland, OR, April 22, 2022 – Hampton Lumber & Family Forests has completed the purchase of approximately 18,000 acres of timberland from a fund managed by Campbell Global, LLC in Southwest Washington. These high-quality, well-managed forestlands are located in Pacific and Wahkiakum counties in close proximity to lands currently owned by Hampton. These timberlands will […]
Hampton Lumber installs miles of zipline to help foresters move about timberlands.
April 1, 2022 – Hampton Lumber has installed a network of zipline cables across its forestland outside of Tillamook, OR to help its foresters move across the landscape more efficiently. Foresters typically traverse hundreds of miles of logging roads weekly to check on trees and monitor harvesting and replanting operations. Much of Hampton’s forestland in […]
