Forestry Facts

The forests of the United States are a valuable resource for many reasons: they provide a home for the country's wildlife, they offer recreational opportunities to the people, they drive tourism and visitation, and they create products and jobs that have become essential to our everyday life. It’s easy to overlook the importance of the country's forests while driving past them on the way to work, or get lost in thought while hiking through one on the weekend, but our forests are an integral part of our lives. Thanks to careful management, the U.S. has been able to reap the economic rewards of healthy forests, while simultaneously preserving the forests for the next generation.

International Day of Forests 

On March 21 this year, many countries around the world will celebrate the United Nations International Day of Forests—a day devoted to celebrating and raising awareness of the importance of all types of forests and of trees outside forests, and of the importance of all types of forest ecosystems to sustainable development. This year's events will focus on raising awareness of how forests are key to the planet’s supply of freshwater, which is essential for life.

In the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, an energetic supporter of the U.S. National Parks movement,  “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air, and giving fresh strength to our people.” 

At the Oregon Logging Conference

Since its inception in 1939, the Oregon Logging Conference has advanced the forestry industry and forwarded the development of the people working within it. 

Primex Tires for Wood Pellet Operations 

In recent years, European policymakers have pushed utilities to find alternatives to burning coal for energy. The result of this push has been the emergence and explosion of the wood pellet industry in the United States, and no one is benefiting more from this bull market than southeastern foresters. It’s estimated that the wood pellet market jumped from 1,000 tons produced in 2009 to over 5 million tons being produced today. But, like many emerging and fast-growing industries, the wood pellet industry has been met with speculation about its sustainability and its impact on the land that supports it.

5 Alliance and Primex Forestry Tires for 2016

Our line up of forestry tires is ruggedly forged to repel punctures and deliver bite in the harshest logging environments, and to keep the world’s largest and most advanced forestry equipment up and running when there's work to be done. With several high-performance, durable, and cost-effective forestry tires, the Primex and Alliance brands have helped make us the fastest-growing off-highway tire producer in the world. Here’s a look at five forestry tires that we predict will have a huge impact on loggers worldwide in 2016.