| Mill Closures & Curtailments From 1990 Until 2007 |
| State |
City |
Company |
Location |
|
Number of Jobs Lost |
Year Shutdown |
| AK |
Ketchikan |
Ketchikan Pulp Co. |
Ketchikan |
P&P |
|
11-Feb-97 |
| AK |
Sitka |
Alaska Pulp Corporation |
Sitka |
Pulp |
|
17-May-93 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AL |
Abbeville |
Abbeville Forest Products |
Abbeville |
Sawmill |
|
2000 |
| AL |
Abbeville |
U.S. Forest |
Abbeville |
Sawmill |
100 |
2001 |
| AL |
Braggs |
Stallworth & Johnson |
Braggs |
Sawmill |
|
2003 |
| AL |
Brewton |
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. |
Brewton |
Mill |
|
8-Aug-07 |
| AL |
Brent |
Olen
Belcher |
Brent |
Sawmill |
|
2003 |
| AL |
Calera |
Alabama Dry Felt Mill |
Calera |
Pulp |
|
18-Sep-02 |
| AL |
Centreville |
Hampton Lumber Sales |
Centreville |
Sawmill |
|
22-Jun-05 |
| AL |
Childersburg |
Bowater |
Childersburg |
P&P |
|
Curtailed |
| AL |
Clayton |
Louisiana Pacific |
Clayton |
Particleboard |
|
2001 |
| AL |
Coosa Pines |
Bowater |
Coosa Pines |
Newsprint |
300 |
2001 |
| AL |
Courtland |
International Paper |
Courtland |
P&P |
|
Curtailed |
| AL |
Eufaula |
Caraustar Industries, Inc. |
Eufaula |
Tube Plant |
25 |
2003 |
| AL |
Evergreen |
Louisiana Pacific |
Lockhart |
Sawmill |
|
2000 |
| AL |
Goodwater |
Sterling Lumber Co. |
Goodwater |
Sawmill |
|
2002 |
| AL |
Grove Hill |
Hamilton Veneer |
Grove Hill |
Sawmill |
|
2002 |
| AL |
Jackson |
Boise Paper |
Jackson |
Sawmill |
|
27-Jan-07 |
| AL |
Jackson |
Jackson
Saw Mill Co. |
Jackson |
Sawmill |
|
1998 |
| AL |
Lockhart |
Louisiana Pacific |
Lockhart |
Sawmill |
|
8-Feb-99 |
| AL |
Millport |
Weyerhaeuser |
Millport |
Plywood |
250 |
2003 |
| AL |
Mobile |
International Paper |
Mobile |
P&P |
|
1999 |
| AL |
Mobile |
International Paper |
Mobile |
P&P |
|
7-Jul-00 |
| AL |
Mobile |
Kimberly Clark |
Mobile |
P&P |
|
1999 |
| AL |
Mobile |
Kimberly Clark |
Mobile |
Pulp |
450 |
2001 |
| AL |
Mobile |
Kimberly Clark |
Mobile |
Tissue |
115 |
2001 |
| AL |
Mobile |
SAPPI |
Mobile |
P&P |
500 |
2001 |
| AL |
Moundville |
International Paper |
Moundville |
Sawmill |
|
2003 |
| AL |
Selma |
International Paper |
Riverdale |
Pulp |
|
30-Jun-99 |
| AL |
Talladega |
Georgia Pacific |
Talledega |
Plywood |
|
Temp |
| AL |
Tuscaloosa |
Loper Lumber Co. |
Tuscaloosa |
Sawmill |
|
1997 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AR |
Ashdown |
Domtar |
Ashdown |
P&P |
|
2000 |
| AR |
Ashdown |
Georgia Pacific |
Ashdown |
Pulp Dryers |
|
Sep-98 |
| AR |
Bearden |
Bearden Mill |
Bearden |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AR |
Camden |
International Paper |
Camden |
Bag |
300 |
1999 |
| AR |
Camden |
International Paper |
Camden |
P&P |
600 |
2001 |
| AR |
Crossett |
Georgia Pacific |
Crossett |
P&P |
|
2000 |
| AR |
Fort Smith |
Smurfit-Stone Corp. |
Fort Smith |
Box Plant |
|
|
| AR |
Fort Smith |
MeadWestvaco |
Fort Smith |
Container |
72 |
Mar-03 |
| AR |
Little Rock |
Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
Little Rock |
Container |
|
9-Sep-00 |
| AR |
McGehee |
Potlatch |
McGehee |
P&P |
|
2001 |
| AR |
Mountain Pine |
Weyerhaeuser |
Mountain Pine |
Sawmill |
300 |
2002 |
| AR |
Mountain Pine |
Weyerhaeuser |
Mountain Pine |
Sawmill |
340 |
Dec. 2006 |
| AR |
Stephens |
Elk Corp. |
Stephens |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AR |
Warren |
Potlatch |
Bradley Unit |
Sawmill |
|
2000 |
| AR |
Warren |
Potlatch |
Southern |
Sawmill |
|
2000 |
| AR |
Wheelen Springs |
International Paper |
Wheelen Springs |
Sawmill |
|
2000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| AZ |
Clay Springs |
Parker Lumber |
Clay Springs |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Eagar |
Stone Forest Ind. |
Eagar |
Sawmill |
|
1999 |
| AZ |
Eagar |
Precision Pine |
Eagar |
Sawmill |
|
1997 |
| AZ |
Flagstaff |
Bunger Lumber Co. |
Flagstaff |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Flagstaff |
Jeldwen |
Flagstaff |
Moulding |
|
|
| AZ |
Flagstaff |
Kaibab Industries |
Flagstaff |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Flagstaff |
Stone Forest Ind. |
Flagstaff |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Fredonia |
Kaibab Industries |
Fredonia |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Heber |
Western Pine Ind. |
Heber |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Nutrioso |
Reidhead Brothers Lumber |
Nutrioso |
Sawmill |
|
2002 |
| AZ |
Payson |
Kaibab Industries |
Payson |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Showlow |
Reidhead Lumber Co. |
Showlow |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Snowflake |
Snowlake Lumber |
Snowflake |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Snowflake |
Stone Container Corp. |
Snowflake |
Pulp |
|
|
| AZ |
Williams |
Western Pine Ind. |
Williams |
Sawmill |
|
|
| AZ |
Winslow |
Precision Pine |
Winslow |
Sawmill |
|
1999 |
| AZ |
Winslow |
Duke City-Precison Pine |
Winslow |
Sawmill |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| BC |
Nanaimo |
CIPA Lumber |
Nanaimo |
Sawmill |
95 |
2001 |
| BC |
|
MacMillan Bloedel |
|
Plywood |
|
1991 |
| BC |
Vancouver |
Weyerhaeuser |
Vancouver |
Sawmill |
300 |
2002 |
| BC |
Youbou |
TimberWest |
Youbou |
Sawmill |
120 |
2001 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CA |
Adin |
Edgerton Lumber Co. |
Adin |
Sawmill |
15 |
1991 |
| CA |
Alton |
Eel River Redwood |
Alton |
Sawmill |
31 |
1990 |
| CA |
Alturas |
WTO/Alturas Lumber Co. |
Alturas |
Sawmill |
135 |
1990 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Butler Forest Products |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
24 |
1995 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Clear Creek Forest Products |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
75 |
1990 |
| CA |
Anderson |
P&M Cedar Products |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
45 |
1994 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Pry-Core Inc |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
50 |
2000 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Pry-Core Inc |
Anderson |
Veneer |
50 |
2000 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Roseburg Forest Products |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
240 |
1994 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Roseburg Forest Products |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
70 |
1993 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Shasta Paper Co. |
Anderson |
P&P |
400 |
2001 |
| CA |
Anderson |
Wisconsin-California Forestry |
Anderson |
Sawmill |
100 |
2002 |
| CA |
Annapolis |
Annapolis Milling |
Annapolis |
Sawmill |
20 |
2002 |
| CA |
Antioch |
Gaylord Container |
Antioch |
P&P |
120 |
1991 |
| CA |
Antioch |
Inland Paperboard |
Antioch |
P&P |
|
4-Oct-02 |
| CA |
Arcata |
Blue Lake Forest Products |
Arcata |
Sawmill |
|
2002 |
| CA |
Auberry |
Sequoia Forest Industries |
Auberry |
Sawmill |
125 |
1994 |
| CA |
Bieber |
Big Valley Lumber |
Bieber |
Sawmill |
110 |
2001 |
| CA |
Bieber |
Big Valley Lumber |
Bieber |
Sawmill |
|
2002 |
| CA |
Big Lagoon |
Simpson Timber Co. |
Big Lagoon |
Sawmill |
50 |
1999 |
| CA |
Blue Lake |
Blue Lake Lumber |
Blue Lake |
Sawmill |
150 |
2002 |
| CA |
Burney |
Burney Power & Forest Products |
Burney |
Sawmill |
85 |
1991 |
| CA |
Burnt Ranch |
Stone Forest Industries |
Burnt Ranch |
Sawmill |
72 |
1990 |
| CA |
Camptonville |
Sierra Mountain Mills |
Camptonville |
Sawmill |
75 |
1994 |
| CA |
Canby |
Pit River Wood Products |
Canby |
Sawmill |
15 |
1998 |
| CA |
Carlotta |
Carlotta Lumber Co. |
Carlotta |
Sawmill |
75 |
1993 |
| CA |
Carlotta |
Pacific Lumber |
Carlotta |
Sawmill |
100 |
2004 |
| CA |
Cedarville |
Surprise Valley Lumber |
Cedarville |
Sawmill |
10 |
1996 |
| CA |
Chinese Camp |
Sierra Pacific Industries |
Chinese Camp |
Lumber |
|
Nov-06 |
| CA |
City of Commerce |
James River Corp.Los Angeles |
City of Commerce |
|
|
|
| CA |
Cloverdale |
Preston Lumber Co. |
Cloverdale |
Sawmill |
60 |
1996 |
| CA |
Covelo |
Louisiana Pacific |
Covelo |
Sawmill |
100 |
1991 |
| CA |
Crescent City |
Stimson/Miller |
Crescent City |
Sawmill |
75 |
1994 |
| CA |
Cromberg |
Sierra Pacific |
Cromberg |
Sawmill |
50 |
1991 |
| CA |
Dinuba |
Sequoia Forest Industries |
Dinuba |
Sawmill |
105 |
1998 |
| CA |
Dinuba |
Sierra Pacific |
Dinuba |
Sawmill |
125 |
2000 |
| CA |
Eureka |
Simpson Paper |
Eureka |
P&P |
|
1-Dec-92 |
| CA |
Fairhaven |
Simpson Timber Co. |
Fairhaven |
P&P |
262 |
1993 |
| CA |
Folsom |
Wetsel-Oliatt Lumber Com. |
Folsom |
Lumber |
120 |
Oct-03 |
| CA |
Fort Bragg |
Georgia Pacific |
Fort Bragg |
Sawmill |
150 |
2002 |
| CA |
Fort Bragg |
Georgia Pacific |
Fort Bragg |
Lumber |
|
Apr-03 |
| CA |
Fort Bragg |
Mendocino Redwood Co. |
Fort Bragg |
Sawmill |
60 |
2003 |
| CA |
Fort Jones |
Butler Forest Products |
Fort Jones |
Sawmill |
20 |
1996 |
| CA |
Fortuna |
Eel River Sawmills |
Fortuna |
Sawmill |
|
2001 |
| CA |
Fortuna |
EEL River Sawmills |
Fortuna |
Sawmill |
160 |
2005 |
| CA |
Fortuna |
Pacific Lumber |
Fortuna |
Sawmill |
170 |
2005 |
| CA |
Grass Valley |
Sierra Pacific |
Grass Valley |
Sawmill |
60 |
1991 |
| CA |
Happy Camp |
Stone Forest Industries |
Happy Camp |
Sawmill |
85 |
1994 |
| CA |
Hayfork |
Sierra Pacific |
Hayfork |
Sawmill |
|
1998 |
| CA |
Hayfork |
Sierra Pacific |
Hayfork |
Sawmill |
110 |
1996 |
| CA |
Klamath |
Simpson Timber Co. |
Klamath |
Sawmill |
160 |
1990 |
| CA |
Lassen |
Big Valley Lumber |
Lassen |
Sawmill |
110 |
2001 |
| CA |
Los Angeles |
Smurfit-Stone |
Los Angeles |
Box |
46 |
2001 |
| CA |
Los Angeles |
Smurfit Stone Container Malt,
CA |
Los Angeles |
Corr.Cont |
|
1 Qtr2007 |
| CA |
Los Angeles |
Smurfit-Stone Container
Corp. (Vernon Mill) |
Los Angeles |
Mill |
|
1 Qtr2007 |
| CA |
Loyalton |
Sierra Pacific Industries |
Loyalton |
Sawmill |
120 |
2001 |
| CA |
Madera |
Norby Lumber Co. |
Madera |
Sawmill |
62 |
1994 |
| CA |
Martell |
Georgia Pacific |
Martell |
Sawmill |
215 |
1997 |
| CA |
Marysville |
Feather River Forest Products |
Marysville |
Sawmill |
65 |
1992 |
| CA |
Marysville |
Marysville Forest Products |
Marysville |
Sawmill |
140 |
1993 |
| CA |
McCloud |
California Cedar Products |
McCloud |
Sawmill |
60 |
April 2003 |
| CA |
Mt. Shasta |
P&M Cedar Products |
Mt. Shasta |
Sawmill |
66 |
1990 |
| CA |
Newark |
Inland Paperboard |
Newark |
P&P |
|
20-May-98 |
| CA |
North Fork |
Sequoia Forest Industries |
North Fork |
Sawmill |
125 |
1994 |
| CA |
Nuebieber |
Lassen Forest Products |
Nuebieber |
Sawmill |
92 |
1992 |
| CA |
Oroville |
Bald Knob Land & Timber Co. |
Oroville |
Sawmill |
120 |
1990 |
| CA |
Oroville |
Cal Oak Lumber Co. |
Oroville |
Sawmill |
12 |
1990 |
| CA |
Oroville |
Louisiana Pacific |
Oroville |
Sawmill |
75 |
1992 |
| CA |
Oroville |
Louisiana Pacific |
Oroville |
Board |
75 |
2000 |
| CA |
Oroville |
Louisiana Pacific |
Oroville |
Board |
50 |
2000 |
| CA |
Paskenta |
Crane Mills |
Paskena |
Sawmill |
120 |
1992 |
| CA |
Philo |
Redwood Empire |
Philo |
Sawmill |
60 |
1990 |
| CA |
Pioneer |
P&M Cedar Products |
Pioneer |
Sawmill |
41 |
1-Nov-98 |
| CA |
Placerville |
Cornett Lumber Co. |
Placerville |
Sawmill |
110 |
1990 |
| CA |
Pomona |
Pomona Paper Co. |
Pomona |
P&P |
|
4-Oct-02 |
| CA |
Pomona |
Blue Heron Paper Co. (Pomona
Mill) |
Pomona |
Pulp |
|
3/19/2007 |
| CA |
Potter Valley |
Louisiana
Pacific |
Potter Valley |
Sawmill |
129 |
1990 |
| CA |
Quincy |
Siskiyou Plumas Lumber |
Quincy |
Sawmill |
57 |
1993 |
| CA |
Red Bluff |
Louisiana Pacific |
Red Bluff |
Sawmill |
120 |
1990 |
| CA |
Red Bluff |
Red Bluff Products |
Red Bluff |
Sawmill |
25 |
1999 |
| CA |
Red Bluff |
Roseburg Forest Products |
Red Bluff |
Plywood |
120 |
1992 |
| CA |
Red Bluff |
Roseburg Forest Products |
Red Bluff |
Sawmill |
125 |
1990 |
| CA |
Redcrest |
EEL River Sawmills |
Redcrest |
Sawmill |
120 |
2000 |
| CA |
Redcrest |
EEL River Sawmills |
Redcrest |
Sawmill |
|
2001 |
| CA |
Redding |
Redding Power/Forest products |
Redding |
Sawmill |
140 |
1990 |
| CA |
Redding |
Wisconsin-California Forestry |
Redding |
Sawmill |
|
2002 |
| CA |
Richmond |
Sonoco Richmond Mill |
Richmond |
|
|
|
| CA |
Samoa |
Louisiana Pacific |
Samoa |
Sawmill |
140 |
1995 |
| CA |
Santa Ana |
B.J. Fibers |
Santa Ana |
|
|
17-Feb-97 |
| CA |
Scotia |
Pacific Lumber |
Scotia |
Sawmill |
|
2000 |
| CA |
Scotia |
Pacific Lumber |
Scotia-Mill A |
Sawmill |
140 |
2001 |
| CA |
Scotia |
Pacific Lumber |
Scotia-Mill B |
Sawmill |
135 |
2001 |
| CA |
Scotts Valley |
Standard Lumber Co. |
Scotts Valley |
Sawmill |
25 |
1993 |
| CA |
Soledad |
Redwood Empire |
Soledad |
Sawmill |
70 |
1991 |
| CA |
Standard |
Fibreboard |
Standard |
Plywood |
170 |
1995 |
| CA |
Sun Valley |
Reprocell Sun Valley Mill |
Sun Valley |
|
|
1-Dec-92 |
| CA |
Susanville |
Jeld-Wen/Susanville Forest Products |
Susanville |
Sawmill |
20 |
1993 |
| CA |
Susanville |
Sierra Pacific Industries |
Susanville |
Sawmill |
160 |
2003 |
| CA |
Susanville |
Sierra Pacific Industries |
Susanville |
Lumber |
|
Apr-04 |
| CA |
Trinidad |
Louisiana Pacific |
Trinidad |
Sawmill |
|
1998 |
| CA |
Ukiah |
International Paper / Masonite |
Ukiah |
Board |
262 |
2001 |
| CA |
Truckee |
Fibreboard Corp. |
Truckee |
Plywood |
100 |
1990 |
| CA |
Wallace |
Fibreboard Corp/Snider Lumber |
Wallace |
Plywood |
90 |
1992 |
| CA |
Willits |
Harrah Lumber Co. |
Willits |
Sawmill |
125 |
1990 |
| CA |
Willits |
Louisiana Pacific |
Willits |
Sawmill |
90 |
1996 |
| CA |
Yreka |
Hi Ridge Lumber |
Yreka |
Sawmill |
125 |
1999 |
| CA |
Yreka |
High Ridge Lumber |
Yreka |
Sawmill |
|
1997 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| CO |
Boulder |
Old Time Lumber |
Boulder |
Lumber |
|
|
| CO |
Commerce City |
Republic Paperboard |
Commerce City |
P&P |
|
20-Aug-01 |
| CO |
Montrose |
Blue Mesa Forest Prds. |
Montrose |
Sawmill |
67 |
|
| CO |
South Fork |
Stone Forest Industries |
South Fork |
Sawmill |
|
|
| CO |
South Fork |
U.S. Forest Industries |
South Fork |
Sawmill |
|
24-Jun-05 |
| CO |
Walden |
Louisiana Pacific |
Walden |
Sawmill |
|
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| |
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|
|
|
|
| CT |
Manchester |
Lydall & Foulds Division |
Manchester |
|
|
15-Mar-99 |
| CT |
Montville |
Rand Whitney Paperboard Corp. |
Montville |
P&P |
|
22-Mar-95 |
| CT |
New Haven |
Simkins
Industries New Haven, Conn. |
New Haven |
Mill |
|
8/26/2006 |
| CT |
Rogers |
Rogers Mill |
Rogers |
|
|
|
| CT |
Waterbury |
Shorewood Packaging |
Waterbury |
Packaging |
100 |
1-Aug-07 |
| CT |
Torrington |
Smurfit-Stone
Corp. |
Torrington |
Box Plant |
|
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