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September 18, 2014

Burned mill another blow for struggling timber town in Calif.

  • Weed never recovered from the logging cutbacks of the 1990s to protect the spotted owl and salmon that put tens of thousands of people out of work.
    • By JEFF BARNARD
    Associated Press

    WEED, Calif. — Besides destroying or damaging scores of homes and other structures, a fast-moving wildfire struck a blow at the economic vitals of this struggling Northern California timber town, knocking its last wood products mill offline for an undetermined amount of time.

    With a maintenance shed reduced to twisted sheet-metal and the main manufacturing facility suffering structural damage, but still standing with a new coat of pink fire retardant, the Roseburg Forest Products veneer mill on the outskirts of Weed was out of commission Tuesday while workers began assessing the damage, said Kellye Wise, vice president for human resources of the company based in Dillard, Oregon. The company hoped to have a better idea of when the mill could reopen by Monday.


     
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