I am trying to figure out how trees get to paper mills. My
understanding is that they are harvested by loggers, who put them on a
skider or forwarder, and then put them on logging trucks, and then
they get taken to the mill. Is this correct? If so, are all these
people employed by the paper company, or are they indepant
contractors? are paper companies vertically intergrated?

also another question:

I've read that paper use in america has sky rocketed , that it has
grown by 10 or 20% since 1998 ( not exactly sure about that figure).
yet over the summer I worked near berlin, NH and the paper mill was
shut down, and many paper companies where selling off their land in
Northern Maine. If paper use is skyrocketing, and demand is
increasing, why would they be closing factories and selling off land?
Are they moving their production to other parts of the country or to
other countries?

any help would be great.thanks.