History

For almost 40 years, Seneca operated under the promise made by the Federal Government that they would manage their timberlands in such a way as to provide sawmills with raw material into perpetuity.  This commitment was made in the late '40s and early '50s, so that sawmills could provide jobs to thousands of returning veterans and provide lumber for a growing Nation. 

In the late 1980s, that promised supply of timber began to significantly diminish.  It became clear that the day would soon come when we would no longer have public timber available to our mills.  In order to provide our mills with the raw material to allow them to produce the building materials that the Country needs, we have purchased more than 165,000 acres of timberland over the last 15 years.

Seneca Jones Timber Company's staff of 18 manages these timberlands, which are located in both Eugene and Roseburg.