Business has been solid at Pleasant River Lumber’s Enfield sawmill since the Trump administration hiked tariffs on Canadian lumber last year. For other Maine sawmills, the effects aren’t as clear.

A 2025 deal that brought an old school Minnesota sawmill and logging operation together with young investors from the United Kingdom looked unconventional. However, most ...

Forklifts drove across the frozen campus of Pleasant River Lumber’s sawmill in Enfield on a bitter January morning with ease, preparing neatly wrapped stacks of softwood lumber for customers from ...

Boom or Dust? How Tariffs Are Helping This Maine Sawmill but Creating More Uncertainty for Others Forklifts drove across the frozen campus of Pleasant River Lumber’s sawmill in Enfield on a bitter ...