Hem-Fir Lumber Products

Environmental Pride

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs | Certified by the Rainforest Alliance The sustained forest management philosophy of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation is declared in the Integrated Resources Management plan for the Forested Area.This detailed management plan provides strategies for the stewardship of all forest resources and serves as a basis for making management decisions on the Reservation timberlands.

FSC Certified

Forest Stewarship Council Warm Springs Forest Products Industries has been awarded the Chain of Custody Certificate by the Forest Stewardship Council. The FSC has developed a set of Principles and Criteria for forest management that are applicable to all FSC-certified forests throughout the world. There are 10 Principles and 57 Criteria that address legal issues, indigenous rights, labor rights, multiple benefits, and environmental impacts surrounding forest management.

Vanport Group

Vanport, Partners with Warm Springs Forest Products Inc.

Vanport Group is an international forest products company headquartered in the U.S.A. Vanport specializes in importing and exporting high quality wood products, as well as activities in manufacturing and consulting. Their primary focus is wood based items for house construction and home improvement.

Warm Springs Forest Products is proud to partner with Vanport Group to develop international opportunities.

Hem Fir Planks from Warm Springs Forest Products Hem-Fir is a perfect combination of strength and beauty and is considered by many as the most elegant and versatile of the softwood species combinations. The timber is bright in color, varying from a creamy, nearly-white to a light, straw-brown color. Often as light or lighter than are some of the western pines, and with little variation between the heartwood and sapwood, Hem-Fir is very desirable to those seeking a strong wood that is light in color.

Hem-Fir lumber is light and bright in color, varying from a creamy, nearly-white to a light, straw-brown color. It can be as light or lighter in color than some of the Western pines and is often considered, by those seeking a strong wood with a very light color, as the most desirable of the Western softwoods. Sometimes Western Hemlock may have a slight lavender cast, especially around the knots and in the transition area between the spring and summerwood growth rings. Attractive, delicate, dark grey or black streaks may be apparent in the wood. There is little variation in color between the heartwood and sapwood.

Hem-Fir lumber products are available in structural, appearance and remanufacturing grades. In strength properties, Western Hem-Fir is slightly below the Douglas Fir-Larch species combination, and above both the Douglas Fir-South and Spruce-Pine-Fir (South) species combinations. Hem-Fir is useful for a multitude of general-purpose framing applications and is capable of meeting the span requirements of many installations.

In the clear and nearly clear appearance grades, Hem-Fir "Finish & Select" products are fine grained and even textured, lending formality to wood paneling, cabinets and trim. Hem-Fir "Factory & Shop" grade products are remanufactured into handsome solid wood doors, louvers, shutters, moulding, case goods, furniture and more. Limited volumes of knotty, board products are available in Hem-Fir and these are graded primarily to the West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau's "Alternate Board" grade rules, and to some extent to WWPA's rules for the "Common" grades. Lower-grade knotty products are useful for those utilitarian applications in construction where economy governs.

Preservative pressure-treated Hem-Fir products are both visually appealing and strong, and in comparison to the naturally durable Western cedars and redwoods, among the more economical species considerations for decks and other outdoor amenities. Among the Western species, Hem-Fir is a preferred species group for preservative pressure treating.