Business View Magazine | April 2021

68 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2021 AT A GLANCE ELK CREEK FOREST PRODUCTS WHAT: A full-service distribution and remanufacturing lumber company WHERE: McMinnville, Oregon WEBSITE: www.elkcreekforest.com ELK CREEK FOREST PRODUCTS ADAPTING IN UNIQUE TIMES O perating since 2001 from its home in Oregon’s scenic Willamette Valley, Elk Creek Forest Products (ECFP) has become well respected in the industry as a full-service lumber processor, remanufacturer, and volume distributor of high-quality Douglas-fir. The company prides itself on sourcing raw material from the region’s finest sawmills and most desirable fiber through suppliers from Northern California up to British Columbia. The ECFP business model is built on the ability to transform the primary fiber resource from initial log breakdown all the way through its production cycle – an agile foundation that has sustained more than two decades of growth for the firm. That being said, the key to the company’s success is certainly its people… the dedicated Elk Creek Forest Products team who understand and value every customer and vendor relationship. This people-centric culture has allowed ECFP to not only weather the early uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also meet the increased demands that have arisen since. In the spring of 2020, business slowed as states across the country issued