> lumber is a limited and valuable natural resource I assume this is still true, but a year ago when I unfortunately had to start a large lumber project the st

> lumber is a limited and valuable natural resource I assume this is still true, but a year ago when I unfortunately had to start a large lumber project the stumpage fee, aka the price a tree owner gets when they sell their tree to be logged, was at all time lows. The entire price increase was at the mills due to - supply dipped because everyone thought the economy was going die and preemptively shut down mills in 2020 but actually the opposite happened - demand soared as everyone wanted to build houses or do renovations - lastly, minor labor shortages and covid outbreak induced stoppages