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1. www.sbsun.com
www.sbsun.com/ci_8114322 - [Cached]Published on: 1/29/2008 Last Visited: 1/30/2008
Ken Dunham, executive director of the Lumber Association of California and Nevada, said half of the organization's 500 members started adding a fuel surcharge in mid- to late 2007.
"It's got to be passed on to the consumer," he said. "Those people in the lumber business, they got to make enough of a profit to stay in business to come back and do it tomorrow."
All types of lumber operations throughout the state are making major layoffs these days, he said.
"The economy has been so incredibly good for the last five to seven years for the business - it's going to take a correction now," Dunham said.
With winter's most recent cold front, places like Rim Forest Lumber, a Rimforest mountain community retailer, are used to selling less wood this time of year. -
2. www.kolotv.com
www.kolotv.com/news/headlines/ - [Cached]Published on: 3/30/2007 Last Visited: 3/30/2007
Ken Dunham, executive director of the Lumber Association of California and Nevada, said about 99 percent of forests in the West meet Green Globes' standard, while only 5 percent meet LEED's.
"LEED doesn't like to see tree farms. They don't like to view trees as a commodity. Well, they are," Dunham said. -
3. www.kolotv.com
www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/ - [Cached]Published on: 3/30/2007 Last Visited: 3/30/2007
Ken Dunham, executive director of the Lumber Association of California and Nevada, said about 99 percent of forests in the West meet Green Globes' standard, while only 5 percent meet LEED's.
"LEED doesn't like to see tree farms. They don't like to view trees as a commodity. Well, they are," Dunham said.

