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Six reasons to use wood. #2
Source: Wood Naturally MORE AFFORDABLE, BETTER ROI When it comes to building and remodeling, it pays to consider the financial return you realize in the event you sell your house. Wood can contribute to a return on investment on your remodel and there are some...
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Source: Wood Naturally WOOD’S NATURAL BEAUTY Wood has a natural beauty and an elegance that cannot be duplicated. From crisp yet rich tonal properties to intricate whorls representing its time and place, wood can create inspiring indoor and outdoor sanctuaries,...
read moreMass Timber Conference
Increasing the Use of Wood March 22-24, 2016 Portland, OR A lineup of expert speakers from around the world will address how we can advance cross-laminated timber and the mass timber industry in North America, and how we can increase the use of wood in low- to...
read moreBenefits of Using Wood
Source: Premier Forest Products What are the Benefits and Advantages of Using Wood Why is building with wood better for the. environment? Of any commonly used building materials, one of the advantages of using wood in construction is that it has the lowest energy...
read moreBeetle Kill Pine – Favorite projects from 2015
Thought we'd throw together a gallery of some of our favorite projects from 2015. The term symbiosis comes from the Ancient Greek “syn” — “with” — and “bíosis” — “living” — and is the close and often long-term interactions between different biological species. Often...
read moreUse Wood, Mother Nature’s Carbon Tupperware
Source: Dovetail Partners Carbon in Wood Products Trees and the products made from them store carbon - and lots of it. Where does the carbon come from? How much carbon is stored, and how is the quantity of carbon determined? These and other questions are addressed in...
read moreThe hidden factor that could undermine U.S. plans to cut carbon emissions
Find out what could undermine the plans to cut carbon emissions in the US. Source: Washington Post We tend to have a greatly oversimplified view of the planet’s carbon problem — and therefore, of what we have to do to solve it. The general notion is that it’s all...
read moreLet the Markets Help Our Forest Fire Issue
Source: Inside Sources There are few things Democrats and Republicans in Washington can agree upon. One is that the western wildfire problem has gotten out of control. From the overwhelming firefighting costs to the amount of acres at high fire risk due to challenges...
read moreMontana Forests
Source: Montana Wood Products Assoc. Forests Should Be For Everyone The national forests belong to all of our nation’s citizens and are managed by the United States Forest Service. The harvesting of trees to meet citizens’ daily needs is only one of the many uses of...
read moreProject of the year!
Every year we like to pick a favorite project based on pictures submitted by our customers. This year's winner was in Mississippi. This happy customer purchased our new Rustic Collection Douglas Fir flooring in our Barnwood color. See their hardwood floor renovation...
read moreNew Stonewash Douglas Fir Flooring
Introducing our Stonewash rustic gray hardwood floors! The newest color in our Rustic Collection family of Fir flooring. Our Rustic Collection accentuates weathered grain patterns, nail holes, and organic characteristics. Our 7-step finishing process includes...
read moreMerry Christmas from all of us at Sustainable Lumber Co.
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Source: National Geographic THE BUGS THAT EAT PINE TREES One chilly morning in October 2013, Diana Six parked her white Subaru at the edge of a pine forest in southwestern Montana’s Big Hole Valley. Beneath snow-tipped peaks, lodgepole pines in four different colors...
read moreThe tough men of timber
Source: Daily Mail These black and white photos capture the arduous lives and history of lumberjacks and the logging industry in the 1800s. Lumberjacks back then felled enormous trees using only hand tools and brute strength. Lumberjack style has recently come back in...
read moreMore trees than there were 100 years ago? It’s true!
Source: Mother Nature Network By: Starre Vartan The numbers are in. In the United States, which contains 8 percent of the world's forests, there are more trees than there were 100 years ago. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), "Forest growth...
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