By Larry Mauter
LCSWA member
For growers of Douglas-fir in Linn County, sooner or later the Santiam Mill near Waterloo will come into focus.
Built by Weyerhaeuser in 2008, it is an economic powerhouse that spits out finished product at around 400 million bf per year.
Put another way, that’s about “1.2 million boards a week,” explained Troy Nokes, a Weyerhaeuser manager, during an Aug. 19 morning tour conducted for the Linn County Small Woodlands…