Port Blakely Companies

PB trees star at Glacier Park Lodge

As part of a major renovation project, Douglas fir logs from the company's Lewis County, Wash. forests now grace the historic hotel

Oct 16, 2019

In the spring of 2017, Port Blakely area forester Jerry Bailey got a call from a log buyer in Montana looking for some very special trees. Nothing unusual in that. Our foresters often receive calls from log buyers across the country, but this call was different. The caller wasn't looking...

Port Blakely Honors Tay Yoshitani

Supports "America in the Schools"

Oct 07, 2019

With Tay Yoshitani’s recent retirement from Port Blakely’s Board of Directors, the company wanted to find a fitting way to celebrate his contributions to the company and for a career dedicated to trade and the global economy. We found just the right thing. To further the work Tay oversaw as...

Port Blakely Acquires Clutha Forests

Otago Daily times, May 29, 2019

May 31, 2019

Company marks 25th year in New Zealand with their largest investment in the last decade. “Not only does it mark our largest investment in New Zealand since the early 2000s, it will allow us to support forestry sector jobs in one of the most important forest product manufacturing sectors in...

Kaitiakitanga o te Ngahere “Guardians of the forest”

Central Rural Life, March 27, 2019

Mar 28, 2019

The recent fire season has proven how critical public-private partnerships are to protect our forests and communities. Central Forestry Services is a silviculture crew from the small town of Waimate that works with local forestland owner Port Blakely and is making huge waves in the Rural Fire sector in New...

Family Business of the Year

Port Blakely’s roots run deep in the Northwest

Feb 04, 2019

Seattle, WA. Port Blakely has kept its focus on sustainable management both in nature and the boardroom. The century-old forestry company embraces change and family values. The Civil War was raging and Washington was still a territory when former sea captain William Renton made a $10 down payment on 165...

The Torii Gates that Crossed the Pacific

American View

Feb 04, 2016

Nearly five years have passed since the Tohoku region of Japan was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Although the disaster brought great hardship and pain to innumerable people, it also produced many stories that demonstrate the depth of the human connection. These include the story of two kasagi...

In a Timber Wars Turnabout, Washington Tree Farm Improves Habitat for Spotted Owl

Port Blakely voluntarily creates 45,000 acres of habitat favorable to the squirrels, voles and mice that spotted owls hunt

Dec 02, 2010

Tree 1007 is a western hemlock, gnarled by nature and now girdled by man. A forester chiseled off a 3-inch-wide band of its thick bark, circling the tree to create a deathly halo of exposed cambium layer. Girdling disrupts the flow of nutrients from the roots and creates a pathway...