Family-owned and operated in Deposit, New York, Cannonsville Lumber is a Catskill Region forest-products company producing roughly 20,000 board feet of rough-cut green lumber each day for custom and industrial customers. A division of Schaefer Enterprises, which has operated for more than 20 years, it also provides forestry and trucking services while following the owners’ “no tree before its time” approach to harvesting.
Hankle Lumber IncFamily members have logged Northeastern New York timber since 1954, and Hankle Lumber Inc. remains family owned and operated today. Based in East Nassau, the company turns regional logs into native lumber for customers ranging from builders to local farms, with its sawmill’s wood by-products also serving agricultural and landscaping uses.EAST NASSAU, NY
Deer Park Lumber, IncFounded in 1982 by Ron Andrews in Tunkhannock, Deer Park Lumber is a second-generation, family-owned sawmill and forestry services company producing kiln-dried Northern Appalachian hardwood lumber. The company produces approximately 15 million board feet annually and serves domestic and international markets, while its forestry team helps landowners manage timber with long-term regeneration and conservation in mind. Deer Park also puts its sustainability principles into practice by heating its kilns with sawdust and finding uses for nearly all of its wood byproducts.TUNKHANNOCK, PA
Gutchess Lumber Co., IncFounded in 1904, Gutchess Lumber Co., Inc. produces northern hardwood lumber through vertically integrated operations across New York and Pennsylvania, controlling the process from timberlands through sawmills and dry kilns. The fifth-generation family- and employee-owned company operates seven facilities and employs more than 500 employee-owners. It also manages timberland and provides forestry services.CORTLAND, NY
JB Mill & Fabricating, IncFounded by Jeff Bloise in 1986 as a one-man pallet-and-crate shop, JB Mill & Fabricating now turns locally harvested timber into hardwood lumber, custom industrial wood products and landscape materials in western Pennsylvania. Still family-owned and operated, the company has grown to 35 acres and more than 100 employees, while its hardwood lumber supplies local furniture makers and its products reach customers across more than 20 states. Its foresters also work directly with landowners on customized timber-management plans, connecting forest stewardship with the mill’s production.NEW WILMINGTON, PA