“We have already noticed our own machine sales picking up and the bravest customers investing and increasing their equipment. However, no new entrepreneurs have been coming, apart from a few occasional inquirers.”
Ruuskanen knows from experience that the situation can change quickly if logging fees start to rise due to a shortage of wood at the mills.
This trend will also continue in the states of Washington/Oregon, as the permit process begins to be streamlined (currently, a review round for environmental permit processes is underway, with information on their easing possibly coming within a few months)