We’re looking forward to the seasonal opening of our Mount St. Helens Forest Learning Center, which tells the story of how our forests recovered from one of the most powerful volcanic blasts in the history of North America on May 18, 1980.
The learning center, located just inside the blast zone in southwest Washington, is free and open to the public seven days a week from May 16 through Sept. 27. Through interactive exhibits, hands-on activities and engaging visual displays, visitors of all ages can learn about the eruption, its aftermath and how we helped restore the forest to health and productivity. In fact, some of the first forests we replanted following the eruption have already grown to harvest age — a testament to the power of sustainable forestry to keep working forests on a continuous, permanent cycle of growth and regrowth. Learn more at the link in our bio. #MtStHelens #theweyerhaeuserway
Students from the @umontana ’s sustainable forestry course recently toured Weyerhaeuser’s Kalispell plywood mill for an inside look at Montana’s forest products industry and the factors shaping its future. The walkthrough highlighted new advancements in technology and artificial intelligence in addition to teaching them how log quality, species mix and age classes influence manufacturing outcomes.
"I was shocked by how standardized yet complex the process was," student Charlie Schieren said. "Even though it was a high-tech, high-output system, there are still multiple points along the line where humans double-check the grade and quality of the product. That balance between automation and manual decision-making is really cool to me and made me think about how technology hasn’t fully replaced the expertise and experience of humans, but instead has shifted where that expertise is applied in the process."
David Peace has dedicated 25 years to Weyerhaeuser, and his leadership and commitment to excellence have made a lasting impact at each of the three mills he’s worked at during his career, including at our OSB plant in Edson, Alberta. As the plant's process control manager, David is responsible for all the mill’s controls and automation, including programmable logic controllers and human machine interfaces (HMIs).
“David consistently goes above and beyond his role, and his character is defined by generosity, humility and a genuine desire to make a difference,” says Brian Chaney, senior vice president of Wood Products. “Whether assisting at the mill or contributing to community programs such as coaching youth hockey, he constantly demonstrates leadership and kindness.”
For his commitment to working together, innovation and operational excellence, David was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople
Ashley Robinson came to Weyerhaeuser from the high-pressure advertising agency world, where she learned valuable skills such as time management and client communication. Looking back, she says the experience prepared her well for her position as a Wood Products marketing specialist based at our Seattle Headquarters.
"I'm essentially the middleman between sales and marketing," she says. "I communicate sales associates needs to our creative team and translate that into action and deliverables to support our teams. This has been a theme throughout my career.”
Get to know more about Ashley and her journey at Weyerhaeuser at the link in our story. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople
Mark Rabon, land use manager in Lancaster, New Hampshire, drew on deep regional experience to lead a complex conservation easement effort tied to the New England Clean Energy Connect project. Mark helped build trust across stakeholders, served as a key go-between during negotiations, and helped develop the conservation easement and associated forest management plan. Mark's work was critical to ensuring regulatory compliance on an accelerated timeline while delivering permanent conservation value and protecting long-term timber interests.
“This project was a team effort, and I appreciate everyone I worked with along the way," Mark says. "We couldn't have got this across the finish line in the timeline we had without the effort of every single person who was part of it.”
For his commitment to driving OpX, sustainability and integrity, Mark was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople
It’s not every day that a routine inventory cruise uncovers something that changes our scientific understanding of a plant’s distribution in the Pacific Northwest. But that’s exactly what happened last spring on our Vail tree farm in Washington when Sean Ekman, a timber cruiser with Olympic Forestry, spied a small purple flower that looked unique enough to report.
Ekman's discovery turned out to be fringed kittentails (Veronica schizantha), a G2-ranked, globally imperiled plant whose closest known population was last documented a decade ago in the nearby Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Learn more about how the presence of this rare plant was confirmed through a coordinated, cross-functional response of contractors, foresters, ecologists and partners — and how the plant will be protected should there ever be forest management activity planned in the area — at the link in our story. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #sustainableforestry
For more than 24 years, Ian Hamilton has been involved in building the networks and systems that run our business — a job that has become increasingly complex and important in an era of hybrid work, mobile computing and artificial intelligence. “It feels weird to say out loud, but I guess I am passionate about infrastructure service delivery,” Ian says of the work that took him from a Weyerhaeuser intern to his current role at our Seattle Headquarters as manager, network and unified communications.
Ian’s passion and technical skills — in addition to his love of learning, designing, testing and deploying systems and tools that improve business communication and efficiency — have made him an invaluable member of our IT team. For his commitment to operational excellence, innovation and safety, Ian was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople
Protecting connected landscapes takes long-term commitment — and progress often comes one critical piece at a time. When conservationists mapped the missing link that could provide crucial passage for wildlife between Florida’s Ocala and Osceola National Forests, known as the O2O corridor, one property kept coming up: a stretch of working forests owned and managed by Weyerhaeuser.
In January 2026, after years of negotiation, we were excited to finalize a conservation easement covering more than 61,000 acres along that corridor, the result of close collaboration with public agencies and conservation partners, supporting shared objectives for wildlife movement, water resources and resilient local economies.
(📸: Lauren Yoho / @wildpath )
Earlier this month, in honor of Read Across America week, several employees volunteered to read stories to children at Evergreen Elementary School in Evergreen, Alabama. This year's Read Across America theme was focused on fostering empathy and inclusion through stories, and one of the books the volunteers read, "My First Word Was Tree," is Weyerhaeuser's first children's book. "My First Word Was Tree" shares the legacy of one girl's grandmother: the forest she and her father explore.
Learn more about our first children's book on our website: wy.com/myfirstwordwastree
#readacrossamericaweek #theweyerhaeuserway #worldbookday
As a forest biometrician supporting both Southern Timberlands and our Strategic Land Solutions organization, Aaron Pool is known for tackling complex, high-priority challenges, building practical tools teams can rely on, and partnering across disciplines to improve decision-making and business performance.
“Aaron stands out for how he brings people together and turns complexity into clarity,” says Travis Keatley, senior vice president of Timberlands. “His willingness to act with urgency, take accountability and develop solutions that elevate multiple parts of our business exemplifies what it means to be truly great.”
For his commitment to working together and acting with urgency and accountability, Aaron was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #MeetOurPeople
What started as a failing tide gate has turned into an ambitious, decade-long watershed restoration project in Oregon. By reconnecting nearly 11 acres of historical floodplain at the confluence of the Millicoma and South Fork Coos rivers in Coos Bay, we're creating habitat for young salmon and supporting the return of native vegetation.
The project has been possible thanks to the collaboration between our partners at the @cooswa , Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, and support from Oregon’s Private Forest Accord. “There’s this old narrative that forestry and environmental groups don’t mix,” says Haley Lutz, executive director of the Coos Watershed Association. “But this project shows that real, trusting relationships can exist, and that they can lead to meaningful restoration.”
Karen Parker spent 38 years at our Millport, Alabama, lumber mill before retiring on March 13. In that time, colleagues say she became the kind of safety leader they were excited to talk to and see. She walked the mill floor every day, got to know team members by name and approached her work with one consistent priority: making sure everyone went home safe.
“Karen genuinely cared about every person who came through the doors at Millport,” says Brian Chaney, senior vice president of Wood Products. “Her dedication to people, her ability to build trust, and her relentless focus on our safety principles were central to Millport’s strong safety culture. She truly embodied caring leadership, and we wish her the best in retirement.”
For her commitment to safety and people, Karen was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. Congratulations, Karen, and thank you for your decades of service to Weyerhaeuser! #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #MeetOurPeople
