1. Current Forest Industries in Saskatchewan

2. There are two pulp mills in SK Currently the one in Prince Albert is shut down.
Meadow Lake Mill
Prince Albert Mill (shut down)

3. Sawmills Saskatchewan has five large saw mills. These are located in:
Meadow Lake
Glaslyn
Big River
Prince Albert
Carrot River

4. Moveable small sawmill
Small saw mills exist also where individual workers saw wood for their own use or small custom orders. These small operations can be moved to where the wood is.

5. Saskatchewan also has 2 OSB product mills
Saskatchewan also has 2 OSB product mills. They are located in Meadow Lake and Hudson Bay Saskatchewan.
What is OSB?
Oriented strand board (OSB), also known as flakeboard, or sterling board , is a type of engineered lumber similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations. It was invented by Armin Elmendorf in California in OSB may have a rough and variegated surface with the individual strips of around 2.5 cm × 15 cm (1.0 by 5.9 inches), lying unevenly across each other and comes in a variety of types and thicknesses.

6. Inside an OSB Mill

7. There is a plywood mill in Hudson Bay Saskatchewan
Plywood is a sheet material manufactured from thin layers or "plies" of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers having their wood grain rotated up to 90 degrees to one another. It is an engineered wood from the family of manufactured boards which includes medium density fibre board (MDF) and particle board (chipboard).

8. Secondary manufacturing in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has an active secondary manufacturing sector. Cabinets, millwork, and roof trusses make up the largest share of secondary products.
There are also treatment plants that produce fence posts, rails, timbers, power poles, and other wood products requiring enhanced durability.

9. As we have looked at Saskatchewan’s forest industry is well established and competitive.
Lets review some of the products that are made in Saskatchewan.
Think back to the mills we have talked about and name some of the products that are produced?

10. Pulp
Lumber
Oriented strand board (OSB)
Plywood
Secondary products like, treated wood example poles, posts, cabinets, roof trusses, log homes, firewood etc.

11. Future products that could be made from our trees may be Wood Pellets for heating homes. Biofuel from wood. Can anyone think of any others?

12. Jack pine Trembling Aspen White spruce Balsam popular Black spruce
We have 8 commercial species of trees that harvesters cut for the mills.
Coniferous Trees
Deciduous Trees
Jack pine
White spruce
Black spruce
Balsam fir
Trembling Aspen
Balsam popular
White Birch
8. Tamarack (cone tree that looses it’s needles every fall)

13. Today’s assignment is to learn more about the commercial trees of Saskatchewan. Each of you will be given a work sheet. You will use a Natural Resources Canada web site for information about the different tree species used in Saskatchewan.
We will concentrate on the age size and where the trees usually grow.