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Friday, May 17, 2013
The North Carolina House of Representatives gave its final approval this week to legislation making clear no taxpayer-funded project could use a green-building rating system in which North Carolina forestry products are at a disadvantage compared to imported lumber.
A win for the lumber industry in the state, bill...
Friday, May 10, 2013
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The message is that the industry isn’t just about cutting down trees. It also plants and cares for trees and the environment they grow in.
The campaign kicks off May 14 at the Atlanta headquarters of...
Friday, May 10, 2013
By early May, industry benchmark prices were off their highs for the year so far although much stronger than year-ago levels amid growing evidence of increasing demand for construction of single-family homes and especially multi-family buildings. Lumber industry officials think U.S. lumber prices are falling in response to...
Friday, May 3, 2013
Plum Creek reopened the Evergreen Sawmill in Montana last month, after it closed in 2009 as demand for stud lumber declined.
Plum Creek Vice President Tom Ray says the demand is back up and the sawmill is ready to deliver. "We are going to produce 40 million board feet of studs a year and part of that will be consumed in...
Friday, April 26, 2013
German Pellets plans to open a second giant wood pellet plant in U.S.. Just as it is readying to opening a 500,000-metric ton wood pellet production facility in Woodville, Texas, German Pellets announced that it plans to build an additional 1 million-metric ton plant in Louisiana, with construction slated to begin this...
Friday, April 26, 2013
As builders and developers seek cost-effective ways to meet the demand, many are turning to wood framing for four- and five-story buildings-and even up to six stories in Canada. However, wood shrinkage can be an issue. Laminated strand lumber (LSL) provides an effective means of dealing with shrinkage in wall plates.
LSL...
Monday, April 22, 2013
The role of tree DNA tracking is increasing in the fight against illegal logging as evidenced by prosecution cases in USA and Germany. Modern DNA technology offers a unique opportunity: you could pinpoint the origin of your table at home and track down if the trees it was made from were illegally obtained. Each wooden...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
There are two sides to every story. This is precisely the point the aptly named non-profit organization Two Sides set out to make when it challenged the Paperless2013 campaign. The initiative, supported by big names like Google and Fujitsu, encouraged consumers to make the switch from paper to electronic communication this...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Last week, NASF submitted comments to the USDA regarding their efforts to adapt to a changing climate as laid out in its 2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan. The comments advanced the concepts approved by NASF as part of the policy statement, NASF Adaptation and Mitigation: Concepts for Forest-Climate Adaptation...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
A group of my graduate students from the the University of Wisconsin-Madison are working with university scientists and researchers in the Forestry Product Labs to advance forestry research and industry. They are working with a particular scientist who has developed a new forestry analysis tool and are seeking expert...
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