Category: Forest Products Industry related
Source – Horticulture Week Two new moves announced today are expected to attract new investment into UK tree planting projects designed to help combat climate change. Planting new forests and woodland helps to counteract the greenhouse gas emissions caused by burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. As trees grow they capture carbon […]
Source – Missoulian HAMILTON – Amy Gannon was rained on the other day just west of Hamilton. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The moisture falling to the ground was excrement from what the state entomologist described as “massive, massive numbers of insects.” The ponderosa pine trees on the west side of the Bitterroot […]
Source: 25x’25 Alliance http://www.25×25.org/25x’25 today released a Wood-to-Energy Policy Roadmap concluding that the focused use of woody biomass to help meet America’s energy needs could increase the nation’s forest land base and improve the environmental services that land provides. The findings are among the principal conclusions developed by a diverse panel of leading forestry, conservation, scientific and […]
Source – Missoulian Foresters from around the world came to western Montana this week to learn how to simplify their timber management. “Other states have very restrictive rules, while Montana adopted a voluntary system that takes advantage of stakeholder interest,” said Andy White of the Rights and Resources Initiative, which organized the conference. “It more […]
Source: Ravalli Republic To parody yet another song: ‘where have all the flower’s gone?’ by Pete Seeger; ‘where have all the sawmills gone?’ Most Montana wood products manufacturers are geared to supply the U.S. housing market. U.S. housing starts were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 523,000 units in April, 10.6 percent below the […]
Source: Missoula Independent Guarding the Burn – The Great Burn of.1910 Bob Clark first glimpsed it a decade ago from the summit of Grave Peak, in eastern Idaho. Looking north, he saw a stretch of jagged forestland with snowcapped peaks, granite cliffs and grand vistas—and asked himself, “What the hell is.that?” He was looking at […]
Source: West Yellowstone News It may not make sense to the casual passerby. As a matter of fact, it might even seem wrong. But for many people who have lived in the rural Rocky Mountains, the project work going on north of West Yellowstone in Gallatin National Forest lands is comforting. Gallatin Forest officials have […]
Source: Eco-Home In what could be a major step toward quieting the wood-certification dispute, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has proposed giving credit under its LEED program to several currently unrecognized wood-certification groups for at least helping bring more transparency to green construction efforts. USGBC’s Pilot Credit for Certified Products unveiled earlier this month […]
Source – Baucus.senate.gov Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus is leading a bipartisan effort to urge the federal government to take steps to use American-grown timber in new construction for government office buildings. In a letter to the head of the General Services Administration, Baucus urged the GSA to rethink a practice that hurts Montana […]
Source – Missoulian Julia Altemus took the reins of the Montana Wood Products Association on June 1 with a mission to keep the state’s sawmills strong. “For 23 years, it’s been all about keeping the industry afloat, keeping them here,” Altemus said. After earning a degree in political science and economics from the University of […]
Source – Forest Business Network Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the release of a new map that characterizes the health and condition of National Forest System lands in more than 15,000 watersheds across the country. The U.S. Forest Service’s Watershed Condition Classification Map is the first step in the agency’s Watershed Condition Framework, and […]
Source – Independent Record For Gary Burnett, the need for landscape restoration for the Blackfoot, Clearwater and Swan watersheds is particularly visual from the air. He understands that wildfire management, water quality and road removal can be murky concepts when being discussed in meeting rooms. But as Ecoflight pilot Bruce Gordon soars above Lincoln toward […]
Source – Mother Earth News Wood, the oldest fuel source known to humans, may be about to experience a renaissance, thanks to rising oil and gas costs combined with shrinking bank accounts. Ultra-efficient, ultra-clean advanced wood combustion technology and fast-growing “perpetual” fuel woods can, on the micro level, bring increased home heating security for landowners […]
Source – Forest Business Network Over the past 30 years portable thin kerf bandsaw mills have gained a reputation as a valuable asset to small woodlands owners. These easily transported machines are valued for their ease and safety of operation and an ability to economically produce smooth and consistent lumber from any species of tree. […]
Source – USDA A study by researchers at the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory shows that the lowest rates of deforestation and forest carbon emissions occur in global regions with the highest rates of forest product output. Counter intuitively global regions with the highest rates of deforestation and forest carbon emissions rank lowest in […]