Family 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.
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
Cannonsville Lumber IncFamily-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.DEPOSIT, NY
Heacock LumberHeacock Lumber is a family sawmill dating to 1918 that produces rough-cut hardwood lumber and custom-saws logs at its Bucks County mill. The Hunsberger family has operated the sawmill since purchasing it in 1974, continuing a local tradition that includes making survey stakes and turning milling byproducts into mulch and firewood. Its timber work follows Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania practices, with an emphasis on long-term woodlot management rather than clearcutting.PLUMSTEADVILLE, PA
Ward Pine MillWard Pine Mill is a fourth-generation family-owned sawmill that has produced eastern white pine in Jay, New York, since 1890. It produces 9 million board feet annually, processing regional white pine logs into wholesale lumber and wood products. Its forestry department also manages company-owned timberland and tree farms, with a stated commitment to long-term stewardship.JAY, NY