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Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest Pulp And Paper companies in the world; the world's largest Private owner of Softwood Timber land; and the second largest owner in the United States, behind International Paper . Weyerhaeuser has approximately 41,000 employees in 18 countries, including United States , Canada , Australia , New Zealand , China , Mexico , Ireland , France , and Uruguay . HISTORY In January 1900, Friedrich Weyerhäuser founded the company as ''Weyerhaeuser Timber Company'' with 15 partners and 900,000 acres (3,600 km&2) of Washington Timber land 2 purchased from James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway . 3 In 1929, the company built what was then the world's largest sawmill in Longview, Washington . Weyerhaeuser's pulp mill in Longview, which began production in 1931, sustained the company financially during the Great Depression . In 1959, the company eliminated the word "Timber" from its name to better reflect its operations. In 1965, Weyerhaeuser built its first bleached Kraft Pulp mill in Canada. Weyerhaeuser implemented its High Yield Forestry Plan in 1967 which drew upon 30 years of forestry research and field experience. It called for the planting of seedlings within one year of a harvest, Soil Fertilization , thinning, rehabilitation of brushlands, and, eventually, genetic improvement of trees. Weyerhaeuser consolidated its core businesses in the late 1990s and ended its services in fine paper business in a $3.3 billion cash and stock deal. OPERATIONS
Weyerhaeuser imports timber products from Malaysia , Chile , and Brazil , and has timber operations or offices in 44 American States , Canada, and 18 other countries. Weyerhaeuser is one of North America 's largest distributors of Wood products; it owns more than seven million acres (28,000 km&2) of land in the U.S., and holds Logging rights to more than 35 million acres (142,000 km&2) of land in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has expanded beyond its roots in Lumber and Wood products; it controls more than 100 subsidiaries in fields such as construction, Real Estate sales, and development. The company's operations are divided into five major business segments:
The company also operates an IT Internship program to develop professionals for employment in its IT department. NORTH CAROLINA TOSA PROGRAM Weyerhaeuser also offers teachers the opportunity to experience life outside their classrooms during their summer breaks. The North Carolina TOSA Program, Teachers On Summer Assignment , offers a variety of internships to teachers, featuring such activities as forestry research, assisting in the pine nurseries, and reptile/amphibian tracking (to name a few). This six-week paid program provides teachers with insight on the business and its principles of sustainable pine farming and encourages the teachers to develop curricula for use in their classrooms that are not only aligned with the standard courses of study, but also Weyerhaeuser's lessons. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The Weyerhaeuser , Robert Herbold , Martha Rivers Ingram , John W. Kieckhefer , Arnold Langbo , Don Mazankowski , Nicole Piasecki , Steven Rogel , Richard Sinkfield , D. Michael Steuert , James Sullivan , and Charles Williamson . ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD Researchers at the University Of Massachusetts Amherst have identified Weyerhaeuser as the 42nd-largest corporate producer of Air Pollution in the United States, with roughly 17 million pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air. Political Economy Research Institute Toxic 100 (Study released May 11, 2006) retrieved 15 Aug 2007 Major pollutants indicated by the study include Formaldehyde , Sulfuric Acid , Acetaldehyde , Manganese compounds, and Chlorine Dioxide . [http://www.rtknet.org/new/tox100/toxic100.php?company1=16075&chemfac=chem&advbasic=bas Toxics Release Inventory courtesy rtknet.org] The Environmental Protection Agency has named a potentially responsible party for at least 18 Superfund toxic waste sites.[http://www.publicintegrity.org/Superfund/SiteResults.aspx?act=weyerhaeuser EPA database courtesy Center for Public Integrity] CRITICISM Employee Firearms Policy On October 1 , 2002 , the company sent Detection Dog s into the parking lot of their Valliant, Oklahoma plant looking for drugs in cars in response to an employee drug overdose. They found no drugs, but the dogs alerted on 12 cars with guns in them. The company then ordered the employees to open their cars for a hand search, and Rifle s, Shotgun s, and Handgun s were found. The 12 employees were immediately suspended. Two days later, the company fired all 12 employees, including a shift supervisor of 23 years with an exemplary record. Jimmy 'Red' Wyatt and all the others said that they were never told of the policy change, extending the company gun ban to the parking lot, which had occurred in 2002. The plant manager, Mr. Nebel said that firing the men was difficult but he felt safer with all the guns out of the parking lot. Mr. Nebel stated that all the employees had been warned of the policy change. Several of the fired men have filed a civil suit against Weyerhaeuser for wrongful termination, with Tulsa attorney Larry Johnson representing them. Mr.Johnson, a longtime Second Amendment lawyer, said that this was an injustice that must be addressed.4 {Link without Title} REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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