| MANAGING Resources
“Becoming a professional forester has allowed me to not only enjoy but to also earn a living from the forest. At AWP, our entire staff of professional foresters take very seriously the responsibility of managing our forests to meet our present needs while also enhancing and insuring the opportunity for future generations to live, work and enjoy our most renewable resource.”
» Kelly Riddle
Vice President of Forest Resources
AWP has assembled a team of 25 professional foresters with over 300 years of collective experience. The AWP forestry team procures timber and logs, and manages company as well as private lands for multiple use, including the management of non timber resources.
Currently AWP has a timber base made up of 63,000 acres (25,495 hectares) of company-owned land and an additional 400,000 acres (161,878 hectares) in long term wood supply agreements with small private landowners, large corporate landowners, and also public lands.
Land Management – Soil, air, and water quality, plant and animal diversity, sustainable high quality timber, recreation, and aesthetics are all part of Allegheny Wood Product’s land management philosophy.
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SOUND Forestry Practices
Procurement - AWP Foresters purchase approximately 126 million board feet of timber and logs annually. Approximately 90% of the timber and log purchases are for processing at AWP sawmills. The remaining 10% are marketed as veneer logs, peeler logs, export saw logs, and low grade saw logs.
Log Sales – Whether for export or domestic use, AWP sells veneer logs, peeler logs, and saw logs in all the Appalachian species. The combination of fine Appalachian timber and well managed log yards insure log buyers a fresh high quality product.
| Logs are sold from all 5 AWP sawmill locations and the Stephens City log yard. Customer specifications for length, diameter, grain, texture, and color are considerations in matching customers with available logs. |
Marble, PA
Veneer logs & Saw logs
Ken Wolbert
(814) 354-6037
kwolbert@alleghenywood.com
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Kingwood, WV
Veneer logs
Ken Wolbert
(814) 354-6037
kwolbert@alleghenywood.com
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Saw logs
Dave Kennell
(304) 329-3895
dave@alleghenywood.com
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Norton, WV
Veneer logs
Ken Wolbert
(814) 354-6037
kwolbert@alleghenywood.com
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Saw logs
Vince Judy
(304) 636-4228
vince@alleghenywood.com
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Riverton, WV
Veneer logs & Saw logs
Matt Davis
(304) 567-2012
mdavis@alleghenywood.com
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Stephens City, VA
Veneer logs & Saw logs
Jared Simpson
(540) 869-1517
timbrwv@yahoo.com
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Princeton, WV
Veneer logs & Saw logs
Bill Haver
(304) 323-1673
bhaver@alleghenywood.com
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In 1996, the National Hardwood Lumber Association awarded its first Forest Stewardship Award to AWP. Selected from over 1700 companies throughout North America, this award acknowledges AWP’s forest management practices, public education programs about forest stewardship, political involvement to benefit forest stewardship legislation, involvement with national, state and local forestry associations, and mill practices which maximize forest resource utilization.
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