Category: Forest Products Industry related
Source: The Forest Blog By Russ Vaagen In a recent visit to EPCOT in Orlando Florida, I had the pleasure of watching “The American Adventure.” It’s a look back at how the United States was formed and the influences that got us to where we are today. Everything Disney is amazing and this show is […]
Source: Proud Green Building 3 Design, Construction Trends for 2017 With 2017 well underway, design and construction professionals have their sights set on the year ahead. And while it experienced mostly flat growth in 2016, the construction industry is projected to grow in 2017, with an estimated 5 percent increase in construction starts – for […]
Source: Fresh Home 10 Benefits of Wood Based.Designs In this article we’ll emblaze the kindling of our creative imaginations by exploring and detailing the benefits of wood based designs. This article isn’t going to exclusively revolve upon wooden houses, but use of wood within designs and construction also. Wood is a wondrous material; hopefully you’ll […]
Source: Aginfo.net In a discussion with Oregon-based NRCS public affairs officer Tracy Robillard I learned of a project in which private landowners are trying to a certain extent limit the chance of wildfires burning up their private forests. But there are other benefits to their prevention efforts. “When you do these types of forest health […]
Source: NPR Scientists say more low-intensity wildfires are needed to clear out overgrown forests to help prevent bigger fires. Deciding where and when to let fires burn is tricky. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Dangerous wildfires made a lot of news across this country last year. But there are scientists who say we need more fires, low-intensity […]
Source: Poughkeepsie Journal Early this year, researchers will head to a giant outdoor laboratory in New Hampshire armed with warm clothing, helmets and high-pressure firefighting pumps. The scientists will re-create ice storms by spraying portions of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest with water. It will mark the second year of a National Science Foundation-funded effort to understand […]
Source: BBC News They’re known as “megafires”, and they’re becoming increasingly common and destructive in the wildlands of the western United States. Could overzealous firefighting itself be to blame? BBC North America Correspondent James Cook investigates. In a quarter of a century as a firefighter, Mark Hartwig has seen more than a few wildfires. But […]
Source: Hakai Magazine By Lyndsey Gilpin Matthew Kirwan’s great-great-grandparents built their home on a piece of property along the Blackwater River in Robbins, Maryland. From the time he was a child, Kirwan explored and hunted there in a small forest grove near the water. But 15 years ago, he started noticing the sea encroaching on […]
Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, MT Awarded Best Of Houzz 2017 Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World January 17, 2017 – Sustainable Lumber Co. of Missoula, MT has won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz®, the leading platform for […]
Source: Huffington Post You have probably bought forest products like lumber for a home reno or notepaper for school supplies and wondered how your purchase affects the forest it came from. You may feel guilty, but you shouldn’t if the forest products you buy are harvested sustainably and certified to internationally recognized standards. In fact, […]
Source: The Economist IN THE early 1900’s, an average forested acre in California supported fewer than 50 or so trees. After a century of efforts to fight wildfires, the average has risen to more than 300 (albeit mostly smaller) trees. Some might reckon such growth wonderful, but it is a problem far more serious than, […]
Source: Business in Vancouver Great Bear Rainforest Agreement On February 1, the B.C. government signed off on a landmark agreement that ended 20 years of environmental conflict over logging on B.C.’s central coast. Eighty-five per cent of the 6.4 million-hectare Great Bear Rainforest is protected while forest companies have the certainty they need to operate […]
Source: Tree Hugger Make 2017 the year you support North America’s forests—like clockwork. Forests clean the air we breathe, filter the water we drink, and help control our climate. Resolve to put the time to support forests on your monthly schedule, so forests can keep supporting us for many years to come. This monthly adventure […]
Source: Courthouse News By David Reece MISSOULA, Mont. (CN) – Four environmental groups sued the U.S. Forest Service to stop it from implementing a plan to manage 1,155 acres of forest in northwest Montana. Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, Native Ecosystems Council and Alliance for the Wild Rockies filed suit Dec. 16 in […]
Source: National Parks Traveler One strategy to control the spread of mountain pine beetles in Banff National Park sometimes does the opposite, a study by a University of British Columbia researcher shows. While pheromone baiting followed by tree removal — purposefully attracting the pests to a tree, which is then cut down in winter when […]