Stillwater Post and Pole LLC

The Wood Products Infrastructure Assistance Program Supports Facilities That Purchase Timber and Forest Byproducts Primarily From United States. Federal or Tribal Forests. This Includes Establish, Reopen, Retrofit, Expand, or Improve Facilities That Purchase and Process Byproducts From Ecosystem Restoration Projects From Federal or Tribal Lands in Areas at Risk of Unnaturally Severe Wildfire or Insect and Disease. the Emphasis Is on Areas of Severe High Fire or Insect or Disease Infestation With High or Very High Priority for Restoration. Activities to Be Funded Include, But Are Not Limited to, Costs Associated With the Purchase and Installation of Wood Processing Equipment and Wood Processing System Upgrades at Wood Products Manufacturing Facilities. the Program Stimulates Rural Economies, Supports Active Forest Management and Creates and Retains Rural Jobs. All of the Raw Material Consumed Is Delivered to Manufacturing Plant as Gatewood. Logging Contractors and Landowners Bring Raw Material Harvested From Their Lands and Timber Sale Contracts That Meets Specifications to Manufacturing Plant. for the Period 2018 to 2022, Surveyed Its Suppliers to Determine the Percentage of the Gatewood Received That Comes From Ecosystem Projects on Federal or Tribal Lands. Seven Key Suppliers Responded to the Survey. the Results Show That Percentages Supplied From Federal or Tribal Lands Varied From a Low of 76 Percent in 2018 to a High of 94 Precent in 2022. the Overall Average for the 5-YEAR Period Was That 86 Percent of the Annual Raw Material Consumption Used Was From Ecosystem Restoration Projects on Federal or Tribal Land.