Hampton Lumber makes big purchase for small-town Darrington

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

DARRINGTON — Hampton Lumber, a Portland-based company, has purchased 145,000 acres of timber land to supply its sawmill in Darrington.

“I think it just really reflects our long-term commitment to operating in the area,” Hampton Lumber spokesperson Kristin Rasmussen said. “In forestry, we think in decades, not necessarily weeks, months or years.”

Hampton Lumber owns and operates nine sawmills in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. The Darrington mill is that town’s largest employer.

“This land acquisition brings stability to the operations here in Darrington,” said Mayor Dan Rankin, who noted he sees the purchase as a positive for the city.

The population is less than 1,500, and 160 people work at the mill.

Darrington is still considered a timber town, Rankin said, but it has far fewer sawmills than it did in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the mills today are one-person operations.

https://www.heraldnet.com/business/hampton-lumber-makes-big-purchase-for-small-town-darrington/

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. That's 226 1/2 square miles of land.

Visualize a square of forestland 15 miles on each side. That's what they just bought.

They claim to be operating "sustainably" and responsibly, https://www.hamptonlumber.com/sustainability/

[Triloon]

2. yay. another 145k acres

stripped down to the gravel. just what we all need.