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Talking Timber

Talking Timber

Hosted by Diane Mettler

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Episodes

73

Latest episode

May 2026

Language

EN

About the show

Welcome to Pacific Forest Foundation’s Talking Timber, where each week we will be looking behind the scenes of the Northwest Timber Industry. We will be talking to everyone from foresters to firefighters and machine operators to log buyers.

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May 8, 2026Episode 7426 min

Trajectory's Sandy Invitational Chainsaw Carving

A chat with Austin Ernesti, Johnyy Kimball and Eric Clark about Trajectory's Upcoming Sandy Invitational Chainsaw Carving Event

October 15, 2025Episode 7325 min

Trajectory - Part 2

Join us for the second part of our talk with Austin Ernesti and the folks from Trajectory.

October 1, 2025Episode 7232 min

Trajectory Community and Forestry Support

A chat with the team at Trajectory about what's new and on the horizon for this dynamic group.

August 27, 2025Episode 7135 min

Clyde Calhoun, founder and CEO of Root Idea.

In this episode we talk with Clyde Calhoun about AI adoption and how it can be an effective tool in the timber industry.

July 28, 2025Episode 7026 min

Bree Wanner, T-Mar VP of Operations

In this episode we talk with Bree Wanner, who is T-Mar's VP of operations and a board member of the Pacific Logging Congress.

June 16, 2025Episode 6936 min

Hunter Harrill, Cal Poly Humboldt Professor

In this episode we're talking with Hunter Harrill, a professor at Cal Poly Humboldt and this year's Pacific Logging C0ngress President.

March 26, 2025Episode 6845 min

Casey Smith, Vice President of Lending at WCLA

This week we talk with Casey Smith about his job as Vice President of lending at the WCLA Credit Union.

January 31, 2025Episode 6737 min

Heidi Krueger, Edward Jones' Financial Advisor

A conversation with Heidi Krueger from Edward Jones and her work with the timber industry.

October 24, 2024Episode 6635 min

Part 2 with Blake Manley

In this episode, we finish up our talk with Blake Manley about workforce development and connecting the dots between industry companies and future employees.

September 10, 2024Episode 6536 min

Blake Manley, Program Manager Workforce Development UIEF, Potlatch, Idaho

In this episode we will be speaking to Blake Manley, Program Manager Workforce Development UIEF, Potlatch, Idaho He has had successful teaching career and is probably best known for his industry YouTube videos – Manley Jobs, which focusses as you might guess on jobs in the forest industry

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