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Use more timber frames in new housing starts ‘to boost UK forestry’
Policy Exchange report urges next government to increase use of timber in new homes. Read more
Could the Future of Houston’s Skyline Be…Wood?
WHILE RICE STUDENTS CHEERED the announcement of a sorely needed new wing for the school’s Hanszen College, outsiders heralded the project as a Houston milestone: the city’s first structure constructed from something called mass timber. Read more
B.C. forest industry facing uncertain future as mills close across province
Finance Ministry budget numbers show forest revenues are down 11 per cent so far this year Read more
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nature Conservancy announce partnership promoting forest preservation
On average, an acre of eastern hardwoods sequesters 85 tons of CO2 equivalent. If you multiply that number by hundreds of trees, the global impact becomes readily apparent. Read more
In New Brunswick, opposing forestry industry practices can be dangerous for your career
Longtime critic of glyphosate spraying filed a wrongful-dismissal suit against his forestry college last week Read more
CN Rail strike and lack of trucking alternatives stoke forest industry fears
A chronic shortage of truck drivers across Canada is compounding the effects of a strike at Canadian National Railway Co., says the CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada. Read more
Commissioner Nikki Fried Announces $380 Million in USDA Disaster Relief for Florida
Today, Agriculture Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has allocated $380.7 million in federal block grant funding for Florida farmers devastated by Hurricane Michael. Read more
Cutting down the Kaiser: How Canadian lumberjacks helped win the First World War
By Armistice Day in 1918, nearly 24,000 men made up the Canadian Forestry Corps Read more
Roughly $40 million in carbon credits have been sold in the Great Bear Rain Forest. | Neil Balderson/Shutterstock
Forestry carbon offsets grapple with image problem
Carbon offsets and emissions trading evolved out of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol as a mechanism that could be used by industries that either couldn’t reduce their emissions – airlines are a prime example – or found it too expensive. Read more
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Trump's new Tongass rule doesn't mean more logging
If the timber industry in Alaska is looking to harvest more trees, the Trump administration's proposal to open roadless areas in Tongass National Forest to logging might not be the way to get there. Read more
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