About Weyerhaeuser
Forestland Base
Weyerhaeuser owns and manages more than 565,000 acres of timberland across 26 eastern North Carolina counties. The company is North Carolina's largest private landholder. Most of the acreage is intensively managed to grow loblolly pine as the raw material for the company's lumber, pulp and paper manufacturing facilities.
Weyerhaeuser harvests about three percent of its own North Carolina timber in an average year, leaving about 97 percent of its forest to continue the 30- to 35-year growing cycle typical of loblolly pine. Timber from Weyerhaeuser's own forest makes up about one third of the raw material needed to furnish mills. Th company purchases the rest from smaller private landowners. Weyerhaeuser always replants more trees than it harvests in North Carolina, usually about four to one.
Trees Planted
Weyerhaeuser grew more than 38 million seedlings in 2000 at the Washington N.C nursery. Most were loblolly pine, but many were hardwood species. A seedling planted by Weyerhaeuser in 2001 will reach maturity in 2036.
Forest Stewardship
Weyerhaeuser's nurseries grow tree species important to North Carolina's heritage, like long leaf pine.Weyerhaeuser is one of North Carolina's largest private landowners, managing over 565,000 acres, primarily for the commercail production of southern yellow pine. The company manages more than 70,000 acres in North Carolina for values other than timber production, like wildlife and recreation. Weyerhaeuser leases almost all of its North Carolina acreage to hunting clubs.
Weyerhaeuser Locations
Weyerhaeuser operates four businesses in North Carolina: timberlands management; pulp and paper manufacturing; lumber and wood products manufacturing; and real estate development. The company operates 15 separate units or facilities in North Carolina, stretching from Elkin in the mountains to Plymouth in the coastal plain.
Weyerhaeuser Employment
Employment at Weyerhaeuser in North Carolina totals approximately 3,800 with an annual payroll in excess of $150 million.
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Information updated 2/25/2001, from article in the Sun Journal Business section, page B10