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Innovation starts with being open to change. Cindy Rucker, log team manager with our Southern Timberlands team, embraced a new mindset as a leader, creating space for every team member to share ideas and help move the team forward. “Anytime someone comes to me with an idea, we’re going to approach it head-on,” she says. “Inclusiveness is crucial on a team this size. Everybody has to be in the know and have a voice. When people feel informed and involved, they’re much more willing to support new ideas.” For her sustained innovation leadership and championing of our innovation tool, Cindy was recognized as one of five recipients of our 2025 Innovator of the Year Awards. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #innovation https://lnkd.in/eECxHEY5

We’re looking forward to the seasonal opening of our Mount St. Helens Forest Learning Center, which tells the story of how our forests recovered from one of the most powerful volcanic blasts in the history of North America on May 18, 1980. The learning center, located just inside the blast zone in southwest Washington, is free and open to the public seven days a week from May 16 through Sept. 27. Through interactive exhibits, hands-on activities and engaging visual displays, visitors of all ages can learn about the eruption, its aftermath and how we helped restore the forest to health and productivity. In fact, some of the first forests we replanted following the eruption have already grown to harvest age — a testament to the power of sustainable forestry to keep working forests on a continuous, permanent cycle of growth and regrowth. #MtStHelens #theweyerhaeuserway https://lnkd.in/emUTC9gB

Students from the University of Montana’s sustainable forestry course recently toured Weyerhaeuser’s Kalispell plywood mill for an inside look at Montana’s forest products industry and the factors shaping its future. The walkthrough highlighted new advancements in technology and artificial intelligence in addition to teaching them how log quality, species mix and age classes influence manufacturing outcomes. "I was shocked by how standardized yet complex the process was," student Charlie Schieren said. "Even though it was a high-tech, high-output system, there are still multiple points along the line where humans double-check the grade and quality of the product. That balance between automation and manual decision-making is really cool to me and made me think about how technology hasn’t fully replaced the expertise and experience of humans, but instead has shifted where that expertise is applied in the process."

Peace David has dedicated 25 years to Weyerhaeuser, and his leadership and commitment to excellence have made a lasting impact at each of the three mills he’s worked at during his career, including at our OSB plant in Edson, Alberta. As the plant's process control manager, David is responsible for all the mill’s controls and automation, including programmable logic controllers and human machine interfaces (HMIs). “David consistently goes above and beyond his role, and his character is defined by generosity, humility and a genuine desire to make a difference,” says Brian Chaney, senior vice president of Wood Products. “Whether assisting at the mill or contributing to community programs such as coaching youth hockey, he constantly demonstrates leadership and kindness.” For his commitment to working together, innovation and operational excellence, David was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople

Ashley Robinson came to Weyerhaeuser from the high-pressure advertising agency world, where she learned valuable skills such as time management and client communication. Looking back, she says the experience prepared her well for her position as a Wood Products marketing specialist based at our Seattle Headquarters. "I'm essentially the middleman between sales and marketing," she says. "I communicate sales associates needs to our creative team and translate that into action and deliverables to support our teams. This has been a theme throughout my career.” Get to know more about Ashley and her journey at Weyerhaeuser. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople https://lnkd.in/e7DmnHFs

Mark Rabon, land use manager in Lancaster, New Hampshire, drew on deep regional experience to lead a complex conservation easement effort tied to the New England Clean Energy Connect project. Mark helped build trust across stakeholders, served as a key go-between during negotiations, and helped develop the conservation easement and associated forest management plan. Mark's work was critical to ensuring regulatory compliance on an accelerated timeline while delivering permanent conservation value and protecting long-term timber interests. “This project was a team effort, and I appreciate everyone I worked with along the way," Mark says. "We couldn't have got this across the finish line in the timeline we had without the effort of every single person who was part of it.” For his commitment to driving OpX, sustainability and integrity, Mark was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople

It’s not every day that a routine inventory cruise uncovers something that changes our scientific understanding of a plant’s distribution in the Pacific Northwest. But that’s exactly what happened last spring on our Vail tree farm in Washington when Sean Ekman, a timber cruiser with Olympic Forestry, spied a small purple flower that looked unique enough to report. Ekman's discovery turned out to be fringed kittentails (Veronica schizantha), a G2-ranked, globally imperiled plant whose closest known population was last documented a decade ago in the nearby Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Learn more about how the presence of this rare plant was confirmed through a coordinated, cross-functional response of contractors, foresters, ecologists and partners — and how the plant will be protected should there ever be forest management activity planned in the area. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #sustainableforestry https://lnkd.in/eG-FM2u7

For more than 24 years, Ian Hamilton has been involved in building the networks and systems that run our business — a job that has become increasingly complex and important in an era of hybrid work, mobile computing and artificial intelligence. “It feels weird to say out loud, but I guess I am passionate about infrastructure service delivery,” Ian says of the work that took him from a Weyerhaeuser intern to his current role at our Seattle Headquarters as manager, network and unified communications. Ian’s passion and technical skills — in addition to his love of learning, designing, testing and deploying systems and tools that improve business communication and efficiency — have made him an invaluable member of our IT team. For his commitment to operational excellence, innovation and safety, Ian was awarded a 2025 Truly Great Award. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #meetourpeople

Protecting connected landscapes takes long-term commitment — and progress often comes one critical piece at a time. When conservationists mapped the missing link that could provide crucial passage for wildlife between Florida’s Ocala and Osceola National Forests, known as the O2O corridor, one property kept coming up: a stretch of working forests owned and managed by Weyerhaeuser. In January 2026, after years of negotiation, we were excited to finalize a conservation easement covering more than 61,000 acres along that corridor, the result of close collaboration with public agencies and conservation partners, supporting shared objectives for wildlife movement, water resources and resilient local economies. Learn more about this historic conservation win. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #sustainability https://lnkd.in/gSwa4ktH (Photos by Lauren Yoho / Wildpath)

Earlier this month, in honor of Read Across America week, several employees volunteered to read stories to children at Evergreen Elementary School in Evergreen, Alabama. This year's Read Across America theme was focused on fostering empathy and inclusion through stories, and one of the books the volunteers read, "My First Word Was Tree," is Weyerhaeuser's first children's book. "My First Word Was Tree" shares the legacy of one girl's grandmother: the forest she and her father explore. Learn more about our first children's book on our website at https://lnkd.in/g_xfrNJJ